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He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant.
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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Nothing is easier for passion than to overcome reason, but the greatest triumph is to conquer a man's own interests.
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A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.
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An egotist will always speak of himself, either in praise or in censure, but a modest man ever shuns making himself the subject of his conversation.
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