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For a woman to be at once a coquette and a bigot is more than the humblest of husbands can bear she should mercifully choose between the two.

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
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Coquette
Woman
Bigot
Two
Humblest
Bigots
Husbands
Bear
Bears
Husband
Mercifully

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