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La Rochefoucauld 440: The cause why the majority of women are so little given to friendship is, tha...
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The cause why the majority of women are so little given to friendship is, that it is insipid after having felt love. ["Those who have experienced a great passion neglect friendship, and those who have united themselves to friendship have nought to do with love."--La Bruyere. Du Coeur.]
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_440
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