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Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.

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
Listening
Greatest
Wells
Well
Perfections
Answering
Obtained
Perfection
Conversation

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