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We trust our secrets to our friends, but they escape from us in love.
Jean de la Bruyere
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Jean de la Bruyere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1645
Born: August 16
Died: 1696
Died: May 10
Aphorist
Essayist
French Moralist
Lawyer
Philosopher
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Paris
France
Jean de La Bruyere
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For a woman to be at once a coquette and a bigot is more than the humblest of husbands can bear she should mercifully choose between the two.
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A great mind is above insults, injustice, grief, and raillery, and would be invulnerable were it not open to compassion.
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We should only endeavour to think and speak correctly ourselves, without wishing to bring others over to our taste and opinions.
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