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Friendship * * * is a long time in forming, it is of slow growth, through many trials and months of familiarity.

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
Friendship
Months
Growth
Many
Long
Forming
Time
Familiarity
Trials
Slow

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