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We must strive to make ourselves really worthy of some employment. We need pay no attention to anything else the rest is the business of others.

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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