{"query": "La Rochefoucauld 408: The most dangerous folly of old person", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_5bde3731564c", "title": "La Rochefoucauld 408: The most dangerous folly of old persons who have been loveable is to forget t...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The most dangerous folly of old persons who have been loveable is to forget that they are no longer so. [\"Every woman who is not absolutely ugly thinks herself handsome. 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