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Jean de la Bruyere Quotes: All the world says of a coxcomb that he is a coxcomb; but no one dares to say so to his face, and he dies without knowing it.
         

All the world says of a coxcomb that he is a coxcomb; but no one dares to say so to his face, and he dies without knowing it.


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