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He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken.

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
Without
Dependence
Much
Mistaken
World
Fancy
Pride
Imagine
Deceives
Cannot
Fancies
Stills
Imagines
Still
Deceiving

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