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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes: Some people are so extremely whiffling and inconsiderable that they are as far from any real faults as from substantial virtues.
         

Some people are so extremely whiffling and inconsiderable that they are as far from any real faults as from substantial virtues.


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