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La Rochefoucauld Quotes: Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones just as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire.
         

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones just as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire.


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Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones just as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire.
         



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