Leibniz n'e tait point marie ; il y avait pense a' l'a" ge de cinquante ans; mais la personne qu'il avait en vue voulut avoir le temps de faire ses re flexions. Cela donne a' Leibniz le loisir de faire aussi les siennes, et il ne se maria point. Leibniz never married; he had considered it at the age of fifty, but the person he had in mind desired time to think about it. This gave Leibniz time to reflect, also, and he didn't marry.
How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!
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