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La Rochefoucauld 289: Affected simplicity is refined imposture.
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Affected simplicity is refined imposture. [Domitianus simplicitatis ac modestiae imagine studium litterarum et amorem carminum simulabat quo velaret animum et fratris aemulationi subduceretur.--Tacitus, Ann. iv.]
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_289
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