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Our temper sets a price upon every gift that we receive from 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
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Military Personnel
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France
François VI
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Prince de Marcillac
François
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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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Great names abase, instead of elevating, those who do not know how to bear them.
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