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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
Memoirist
Military Personnel
Writer
Paris
France
François VI
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Prince de Marcillac
François
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Truest
Fever
Comparison
Violence
Either
Power
Make
Liken
Love
Duration

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