Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man,
and renders the greatest fools clever.
-- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
and renders the greatest fools clever.
-- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
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- Self-love is the greatest of flatterers.
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Francois Duc de la... - The passions often engender their contraries.
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