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In all conditions of life a poor man is a near neighbor to an honest one, and a rich man is as little removed from a knave.

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
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Paris
France
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