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François de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

The greatest defect of perspicacity is not stopping short of its goal but going beyond it.[Le plus grand défaut de la pénétration n’est pas de n’aller point jusqu’au but, c’est de le passer.]

Source:The Maxims of La Rochefoucauld (ed. Random House, 1959), (tr. Kronenberger), Maxim 377, Page 103
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  • Name: François de La Rochefoucauld
  • Profession: Writer, Essayist
  • Born: June 13, 1865 – March 17, 1680
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