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Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with.

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
Judging
Worth
Way
Men
People
Fortunes
Vogue
Mets
Fortune

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