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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
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
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Imagination does not enable us to invent as many different contradictions as there are by nature in every heart.
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Treachery is more often the effect of weakness than of a formed design.
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Ability wins us the esteem of the true men luck, that of the people.
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