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There are certain people fated to be fools they not only commit follies by choice, but are even constrained to do so by fortune.

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
Even
Fools
People
Folly
Commit
Fortune
Choice
Fool
Fated
Choices
Constrained
Certain
Follies

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