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Most men spend the first half of their lives making the second half miserable.

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
Men
Misery
Spend
Second
Half
Making
Lives
Firsts
Miserable
First
Sadness

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