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La Rochefoucauld 413: A man cannot please long who has only one kind of wit.
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A man cannot please long who has only one kind of wit. [According to Segrais this maxim was a hit at Racine and Boileau, who, despising ordinary conversation, talked incessantly of literature; but there is some doubt as to Segrais' statement.--Aime Martin.]
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_413
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