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Sometimes we meet a fool with wit, never one with discretion.
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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France
François VI
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Prince de Marcillac
François
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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Absence cools moderate passions, and inflames violent ones just as the wind blows out candles, but kindles fires.
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