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“ ”We keep our first lover for a long time — if we do not get a second.
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
However we distrust the sincerity of those whom we talk with, we always believe them more sincere with us than with others.
Dieu a permis, pour punir l’homme du péché originel, qu’il se fit un dieu de son amour-propre pour en être tourmenté dans toutes les actions de sa vie.
One may outwit another, but not all the others.