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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes: Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age and fortune.
         

Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age and fortune.


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