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La Rochefoucauld 347: We hardly find any persons of good sense, save those who agree with us.
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We hardly find any persons of good sense, save those who agree with us. ["That was excellently observed, say I, when I read an author when his opinion agrees with mine."--Swift, Thoughts On Various Subjects.]
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_347
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