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ROGER DE BUSSY-RABUTIN (DE BUSSY)
French author and satirical writer
(1618 - 1693)

Je ne vous aime pas, Hylas;
  Je n'en saurois dire la cause;
    Je sais seulement une chose.
      C'est que je ne vous aime pas.
      - epigram 32, bk. I, paraphrase of Martial
        [Love]

God is generally for the big squadrons against the little ones.
  [Fr., Dieu est d'ordinaire pour les gros escadrons contre les petits.]
      - Letter [War]

When we have not what we love, we must love what we have.
  [Fr., Quand on n'a pas ce que l'on aime,
    Il faut aimer ce que l'on a.]
      - Lettre a Mme. de Sevigne [Possession]

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