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La Rochefoucauld 412: Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to r...
larochefoucauld maxims
Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character. ["This is hardly a period at which the most irregular character may not be redeemed. The mistakes of one sin find a retreat in patriotism, those of the other in devotion." --Junius, Letter To The King.]
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_412
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