There are but three events in a man's life: birth, life and death. He is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live. - Jean de La Bruyère

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There are but three events in a man's life: birth, life and death. He is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.

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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.

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Alternative Names: Jean de La Bruyere • Bruyère
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When a man has once got into office, he neither makes use of his reason nor of his intelligence to regulate his behaviour and manners towards others, but shapes them according to his office and his position; this is the cause of his forgetfulness, pride, arrogance, harshness, and ingratitude.
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