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"La vertu n'irait pas si loin si la vanité ne lui tenait compagnie.
"Virtue would not go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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
Women do not know all their powers of flirtation.
The accent of one's birthplace persists in the mind and heart as much as in speech.
Strength and weakness of mind are misnomers; they are really nothing but the good or bad health of our bodily organs