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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
Translator
Writer
Paris
France
Jean de La Bruyere
Love
Secrecy
Secrets
Escape
Trust
Secret
Friends

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A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.
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The finest pleasure is kindness to others.
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A man reveals his character even in the simplest things he does.
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Intelligence is to genius as the whole is in proportion to its part. [Fr., Entre esprit et talent il y a la proportion du tout a sa partie.]
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Duty is what goes most against the grain, because in doing that we do only what we are strictly obliged to, and are seldom much praised for it.
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