Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it. - François de La Rochefoucauld
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it.
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François de La Rochefoucauld
François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, le Prince de Marcillac (September 15 1613 – March 17 1680) was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs, as well as an example of the accomplished 17th-century nobleman.
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François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac
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François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
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François, duc de La Rochefoucauld
Can age itself forget that you are now in the last act of life? Can grey hairs make folly venerable, and is there no period to be reserved for meditation or retirement.” — Junius, To the Duke of Bedford, 19th Sept. 1769.]
