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The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Age: 66 †
Born: 1613
Born: September 15
Died: 1680
Died: March 17
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François VI
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Prince de Marcillac
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How can we be answerable for what we shall want in the future, since we have no clear idea of what we want now?
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The caprice of our temper is even more whimsical than that of Fortune.
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We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.
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Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.
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