A great mind is above insults, injustice, grief, and raillery, and would be invulnerable were it not open to compassion. (Jean de La Bruyère)

A great mind is above insults, injustice, grief, and raillery, and would be invulnerable were it not open to compassion.

Jean de La Bruyère

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