“Preserving your health by too strict a diet is a tedious illness.”

C'est une ennuyeuse maladie que de conserver sa santé par un trop grand régime.
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C'est une ennuyeuse maladie que de conserver sa santé par un trop grand régime.

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French author of maxims and memoirs 1613–1680

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