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La Rochefoucauld 008: The passions are the only advocates which always persuade.
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The passions are the only advocates which always persuade. They are a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without. [See Maxim 249 which is an illustration of this.]
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_008
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