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Some people pretend they never were in love and never wrote poetry two weaknesses which they dare not own -- one of the heart, the other of the mind.
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
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Paris
France
Jean de La Bruyere
Poetry
Two
Heart
Mind
Weaknesses
Never
Pretend
Love
Dare
People
Wrote
Weakness
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