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“ ”Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undecieved by them.
About Fran ois de La Rochefoucauld
François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, le Prince de Marcillac (September 15 1613 – March 17 1680) was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs, as well as an example of the accomplished 17th-century nobleman.
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Additional quotes by Fran ois de La Rochefoucauld
It is easier to know mankind in general than any particular man.
276. — Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind will blow out a candle, and blow in a fire.
Quelque rare que soit le véritable amour, il l’est encore moins que la véritable amitié.