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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave There are certain people who so ardently and passionately desire a thing that from dread of losing it they leave nothing undone to make them lose it. - Quote by Jean de La Bruyère

There are certain people who so ardently and passionately desire a thing that from dread of losing it they leave nothing undone to make them lose it.

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