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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes: Men would not live in society long if they were not each others dupes.
         

Men would not live in society long if they were not each others dupes.


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When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.



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Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.



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There are no accidents so unlucky from which clever people are not able to reap some advantage, and none so lucky that the foolish are not able to turn them to their own disadvantage.





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