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Of all violent passions, the least unbecoming to a woman is love.

François de La Rochefoucauld

It is a mistake to imagine, that the violent passions only, such as ambition and love, can triumph over the rest. Idleness, languid as it is, often masters them all; she influences all our designs and actions, and insensibly consumes and destroys both passions and virtues.

François de La Rochefoucauld

François de La Rochefoucauld

François de La Rochefoucauld

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Born: September 15, 1613

Died: March 17, 1680 (aged 66)

Bio: François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs. It is said that his world-view was clear-eyed and urbane, and that he neither condemned human conduct nor sentimentally celebrated it.

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Maxims
Maximes
The Maxims of La Rochefoucauld
Collected Maxims and Other Reflections
Reflections; Or, Sentences and Moral Maxims

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