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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting..."

What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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