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La Rochefoucauld 061: The happiness or unhappiness of men depends no less upon their dispositions t...
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The happiness or unhappiness of men depends no less upon their dispositions than their fortunes. ["Still to ourselves in every place consigned Our own felicity we make or find." Goldsmith, Traveller, 431.]
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_061
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