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Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things themselves we are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing what others like.

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
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Paris
France
François VI
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Prince de Marcillac
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Duc de La Rochefoucauld
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