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All our qualities, whether good or bad, are unstable and ambiguous, and almost all are at the mery of chance.

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
Unstable
Qualities
Risk
Almost
Quality
Chance
Whether
Good
Ambiguous

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