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La Rochefoucauld 426: The charm of novelty and old custom, however opposite to each other, equally ...
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The charm of novelty and old custom, however opposite to each other, equally blind us to the faults of our friends. ["Two things the most opposite blind us equally, custom and novelty."-La Bruyere, Des Judgements.]
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_426
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