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Laziness begat wearisomeness, and this put men in quest of diversions, play and company, on which however it is a constant attendant he who works hard, has enough to do with himself otherwise.
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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If a secret is revealed, the person who has confided it to another is to be blamed.
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We wish to constitute all the happiness, or, if that cannot be, the misery of the one we love.
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