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“ ”In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be — and thus the world is merely composed of actors.
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
Il faut écouter ceux qui parlent, si on veut en être écouté.
There are persons of whom the world approves who have no merit beyond the vices they use in the affairs of life.
Funereal pomp has more to do with the vanity of the living than the honoring of the dead