142. — As it is the mark of great minds to say many things in a few words, so it is that of little minds to use many words to say nothing. - François de La Rochefoucauld
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142. — As it is the mark of great minds to say many things in a few words, so it is that of little minds to use many words to say nothing.
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
It may well be that those who have trapped us by their tricks do not seem to us so foolish as we seem to ourselves when trapped by the tricks of others.
Il n'y a que les personnes qui ont de la fermeté qui puissent avoir une véritable douceur.
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