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It is a fool's privilege to laugh at an intelligent man.
Jean de la Bruyere
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Jean de la Bruyere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1645
Born: August 16
Died: 1696
Died: May 10
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French Moralist
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We dread old age, which are not sure of being able to attain. [Fr., L'on craint la vieillesse, que l'on n'est pas sur de pouvoir atteindre.]
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Sudden love is latest cured.
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There is no excess in the world so commendable as excessive gratitude.
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Life is a kind of sleep: old men sleep longest, nor begin to wake but when they are to die.
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If a secret is revealed, the person who has confided it to another is to be blamed.
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Manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time.
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Amongst such as out of cunning hear all and talk little, be sure to talk less or if you must talk, say little.
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