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«We hope to grow old, and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and flee from death»
Author: Jean de la Bruyere
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that is to say
«A bigot is a person who, under an atheist king, would be an atheist»
Author: Jean de la Bruyere
«The noblest deeds are well enough set forth in simple language; emphasis spoils them»
«A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.»
Author: Jean de la Bruyere
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«No more we meet in yonder bowers Absence has made me prone to roving; But older, firmer hearts than ours, Have found monotony in loving.»
«The duty of a judge is to administer justice, but his practice is to delay it»
«There is nothing of which men are so fond, and withal so careless, as life»
Author: Jean de la Bruyere
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«It is the glory and merit of some men to write well, and of others not to write at all»
Author: Jean de la Bruyere
«I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.»
«A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.»
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