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Quotes by François de La Rochefoucauld
French moralist, 1613–1680
A nobleman caught up in the civil wars of the Fronde, François de La Rochefoucauld later frequented the Parisian salons. His Maxims (1665) dissect, with disillusioned lucidity, the self-love behind human conduct.
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Absence diminishes moderate passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and fans a fire.