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La Rochefoucauld 073: We may find women who have never indulged in an intrigue, but it is rare to f...
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We may find women who have never indulged in an intrigue, but it is rare to find those who have intrigued but once. ["Yet there are some, they say, who have had None}; But those who have, ne'er end with only one}." {--Lord Byron, }Don Juan, {Canto} iii., stanza 4.]
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_073
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