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Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other.
Jean de la Bruyere
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Jean de la Bruyere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1645
Born: August 16
Died: 1696
Died: May 10
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French Moralist
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Jean de La Bruyere
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The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment, are diamonds and pearls. [Fr., Apres l'esprit de discernement, ce qu'il y a au monde de plus rare, ce sont les diamants et les perles.]
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As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid.
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Favor exalts a man above his equals, but his dismissal from that favor places him below them.
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A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.
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You think him to be your dupe if he feigns to be so who is the greater dupe, he or you?
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