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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
	Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
	Type: Writer Quotes Category: French Writer Quotes Date of Birth: September 17, 1613 Date of Death: March 17, 1680 Nationality: French Amazon: Francois de La Rochefoucauld on Amazon	Related Authors: Andre Maurois Francois de La Rochefoucauld Joseph Joubert Nicolas de Chamfort Simone de Beauvoir Voltaire Madame de Stael Stendhal
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