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We wish to constitute all the happiness, or, if that cannot be, the misery of the one we love.

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
Misery
Happiness
Wish
Cannot
Love
Constitute
Selfishness

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