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No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Age: 66 †
Born: 1613
Born: September 15
Died: 1680
Died: March 17
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Military Personnel
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Paris
France
François VI
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Prince de Marcillac
François
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Men
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Bears
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Wrong
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Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.
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