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"Absence lessens ordinary passions and augments great ones, as the wind blows out a candle and makes a fire blaze."

― Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Absence

From Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Added on 1/19/2025

About Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Born: 1613-09-15

Died: 1680-01-01

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