Time, which strengthens friendship, weakens love.

Le temps, qui fortifie les amitiés, affaiblit l'amour.

Jean de La Bruyere

The Characters

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Original Citation

Bruyère, Jean de La. Les Caractères ou les Mœurs de ce siècle [The Characters or Manners of this Century]. Paris: Estienne Michallet, 1688, ch. 4, no. 4.

Current Citation

Bruyère, Jean de La. The Characters of Jean de la Bruyère, translated by Henri van Laun. Routledge, 1929, ch. 4, no. 4.