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Few things are needed to make a wise man happy nothing can make a fool content that is why most men are miserable.

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
Men
Content
Fool
Needed
Wise
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Nothing
Make
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Miserable

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