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The truest comparison we can make of love is to liken it to a fever we have no more power over the one than the other, either as to its violence or duration.
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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François VI
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Prince de Marcillac
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Duc de La Rochefoucauld
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