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La Rochefoucauld Quotes: Before we set our hearts too much upon anything let us examine how happy they are who already possess it.
         

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything let us examine how happy they are who already possess it.


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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything let us examine how happy they are who already possess it.
         



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