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To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation. - 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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