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To make a book is as much a trade as to make a clock something more than intelligence is required to become an author.

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
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Something
Author
Make
Clock
Intelligence
Trade
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Become

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All the worth of some people lies in their name upon a closer inspection it dwindles to nothing, but from a distance it deceives us.
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Love has this in common with scruples, that it becomes embittered by the reflections and the thoughts that beset us to free ourselves.
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A man can deceive a woman by his sham attachment to her provided he does not have a real attachment elsewhere.
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