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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Date of Birth:
September 17, 1613
Date of Death:
March 17, 1680
Nationality:
French
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