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Extreme avarice is nearly always mistaken; there is no passion which is oftener further away from its mark, nor upon which the present has so much power to the prejudice of the future - Duc De La Rochefoucauld

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French moralist, 1613-80

Author Keywords: Moralist, French

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Abraham Tucker, Joseph Joubert, Owen Feltham, Marquis De Vauvenargues, Montaigne

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