"En vieillissant on devient plus fou, et plus sage. "Growing older, we become both wiser and more foolish. - François de La Rochefoucauld

"En vieillissant on devient plus fou, et plus sage.

"Growing older, we become both wiser and more foolish.

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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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William Hazlitt Jean de La Bruyère Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues Michel de Montaigne Molière

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We should observe the place, the occasion, the temper in which we find the person who listens to us, for if there is much art in speaking to the purpose, there is no less in knowing when to be silent.
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