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Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly.

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
Sometimes
Skillful
Demands
Folly
Accidents
Demand
Lives
Littles
Little

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