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Jean de la Bruyere Quotes: Life is a kind of sleep: old men sleep longest, nor begin to wake but when they are to die.
         

Life is a kind of sleep: old men sleep longest, nor begin to wake but when they are to die.


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The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.



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Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.



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A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.



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