Unlike The Majority Of The Writers Of His Age, La Rochefoucauld Was An Aristocrat; And This Fact Gives A Peculiar Tone To His Work. - SearchQuotes

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Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and this fact gives a peculiar tone to his work.

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