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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world..."

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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