The most dangerous folly of old persons who have been loveable is to forget that they are no longer so. - François de La Rochefoucauld

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The most dangerous folly of old persons who have been loveable is to forget that they are no longer so.

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About 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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Alternative Names: François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac • François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld • François, duc de La Rochefoucauld
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Nous sommes si accoutumés à nous déguiser aux autres qu’enfin nous nous déguisons à nous-mêmes.
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Though sincerity and confidence have many points of resemblance, they have yet many points of difference. Sincerity is an openness of heart, which shows us what we are, a love of truth, a dislike to deception, a wish to compensate our faults and to lessen them by the merit of confessing them.
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