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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us..."

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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