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Nothing is so capable of diminishing self-love as the observation that we disapprove at one time what we approve at another.

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
Self
Time
Disapprove
Love
Diminishing
Approve
Observation
Capable
Another
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