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There are certain defects which, well-mounted, glitter like virtue itself.

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
Like
Mounted
Glitter
Defects
Virtue
Certain
Wells
Well

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