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If some persons died and others did not die death would indeed be a terrible affliction.
If some persons died and others did not die death would indeed be a terrible affliction.
Approximate author period: c. 1670 AD · renaissance
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- Jean de La Bruyère
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- Approximate author period: c. 1670 AD · renaissance
Approximate author-period evidence for Jean de La Bruyère: life dates 1645 to 1696. Wikidata Q314975, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314975 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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