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276. — Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind will blow out a candle, and blow in a fire.

François de La Rochefoucauld

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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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Only people with some strength of character can be truly gentle: usually, what seems like gentleness is mere weakness, which readily turns to bitterness.

"La vertu n'irait pas si loin si la vanité ne lui tenait compagnie.

"Virtue would not go far if vanity did not keep it company.

Il ne faut pas s’offenser que les autres nous cachent la vérité, puisque nous nous la cachons si souvent à nous-mêmes

276. — Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind will blow out a candle, and blow in a fire. - François de La Rochefoucauld

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