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In the human heart there is a ceaseless birth of passions, so that the destruction of one is almost always the establishment of another.

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
Birth
Almost
Passion
Another
Human
Ceaseless
Humans
Passions
Heart
Establishment
Always
Destruction

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