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La Rochefoucauld 471: In their first passion women love their lovers, in all the others they love l...
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In their first passion women love their lovers, in all the others they love love. ["In her first passion woman loves her lover, In all her others what she loves is love." {--Lord Byron, }Don Juan, Canto iii., stanza 3. "We truly love once, the first time; the subsequent passions are more or less involuntary." La Bruyere: Du Coeur.]
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_471
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