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La Rochefoucauld 350: Why we hate with so much bitterness those who deceive us is because they thin...
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Why we hate with so much bitterness those who deceive us is because they think themselves more clever than we are. ["I could pardon all his (Louis XI.'s) deceit, but I cannot forgive his supposing me capable of the gross folly of being duped by his professions."--Sir Walter Scott, Quentin Durward.]
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_350
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