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A long disease seems to be a halting place between life and death, that death itself may be a comfort to those who die and to those who are left behind.

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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