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Death happens but once, yet we feel it every moment of our lives it is worse to dread it than to suffer it.

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
Every
Suffering
Moment
Lives
Death
Moments
Happens
Dread
Feel
Suffer
Feels
Worse

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