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There is no excess in the world so commendable as excessive gratitude.
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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Jean de La Bruyere
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There are certain people who so ardently and passionately desire a thing, that from dread of losing it they leave nothing undone to make them lose it.
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This great misfortune, to be incapable of solitude.
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