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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Age: 66 †
Born: 1613
Born: September 15
Died: 1680
Died: March 17
Memoirist
Military Personnel
Writer
Paris
France
François VI
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Prince de Marcillac
François
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Anything
Dismiss
Mind
Reaches
Mediocre
Atheism
Minds
Usually
Beyond
Understanding

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