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Imagination does not enable us to invent as many different contradictions as there are by nature in every heart.

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
Invention
Imagination
Nature
Doe
Many
Contradictions
Different
Enable
Heart
Invent
Every
Contradiction

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