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Among some people arrogance supplies the place of grandeur, inhumanity of decision, and roguery of intelligence.

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
People
Inhumanity
Supplies
Grandeur
Arrogance
Intelligence
Among
Decision
Place
Roguery

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