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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future..."

Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.

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