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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.

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
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Sincerity
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Anyone
Tell
Else
Converse
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