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A great mind is above insults, injustice, grief, and raillery, and would be invulnerable were it not open to compassion.

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
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Philosopher
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Paris
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