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The most violent passions sometimes leave us at rest, but vanity agitates us constantly.

François de La Rochefoucauld

Maximes (1665)

The most violent passions sometimes leave us at rest, but vanity agitates us constantly.

The most violent passions sometimes leave us at rest, but vanity agitates us constantly.

The most violent passions sometimes leave us at rest, but vanity agitates us constantly.

The most violent passions sometimes leave us at rest, but vanity agitates us constantly.

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Yet would we die as some have done: Beating a way for the rising sun.

François de La Rochefoucauld

François de La Rochefoucauld

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Born: September 15, 1613

Died: March 17, 1680 (aged 66)

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