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Few things are impracticable in themselves and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.

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
Fail
Succeed
Failing
Rather
Means
Mean
Impracticable
Things
Application
Men
Perseverance

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