Jean de La Bruyère, Les Caractères, XI.
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L'on craint la vieillesse, que l'on n'est pas sûr de pouvoir atteindre. We dread old age, which we are not sure of being able to attain.
— Jean de La Bruyère on Ageing
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Ageing" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 12-17.)
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About Jean de La Bruyère
Jean de La Bruyère (16 August 1645 – 10 May 1696) was a French essayist and moralist.
About Jean de La Bruyère
Jean de La Bruyère (16 August 1645 – 10 May 1696) was a French essayist and moralist.
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