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La Rochefoucauld 088: Self love increases or diminishes for us the good qualities of our friends, i...
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Self love increases or diminishes for us the good qualities of our friends, in proportion to the satisfaction we feel with them, and we judge of their merit by the manner in which they act towards us.
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_088
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