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Sentences et Maximes Morales (1665)
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François La Rochefoucauld, Duc De
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The reason that adulation is not displeasing is that, though untrue, it shows one to be of consequence enough, in one way or other
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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