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Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things.

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
Little
Humiliate
Nothing
Boast
Take
Praise
Great
Ought
Things
Stills
Men
Care
Still
Littles
Merited

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