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La Rochefoucauld 490: We often go from love to ambition, but we never return from ambition to love.
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We often go from love to ambition, but we never return from ambition to love. ["Men commence by love, finish by ambition, and do not find a quieter seat while they remain there."--La Bruyere: Du Coeur.]
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_490
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