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In the human heart one generation of passions follows another from the ashes of one springs the spark of the next.

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
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Paris
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François VI
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Prince de Marcillac
François
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