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Our actions are like blank rhymes, to which everyone applies what sense he pleases.
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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François VI
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Prince de Marcillac
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We should not judge a man's merits by his great qualities, but by the use he makes of them.
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Cunning and treachery proceed from want of capacity.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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