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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great..."

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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