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There are persons whose only merit consists in saying and doing stupid things at the right time, and who ruin all if they change their manners.
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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