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Refusal of praise reveals a desire to be praised twice over.
François de La Rochefoucauld
Maximes (1665)
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It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Charles Caleb Colton
François de La Rochefoucauld
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Born:
September 15, 1613
Died:
March 17, 1680
(aged 66)
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