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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quote

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

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Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

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About Francois de La Rochefoucauld

François de La Rochefoucauld may refer to:

François III de La Rochefoucauld (1521–1572), French courtier and soldier
François de La Rochefoucauld (writer) (1613–1680), French author
François de La Rochefoucauld (cardinal) (1558–1645), French cardinal of the Catholic Church
François de La Rochefoucauld, marquis de Montendre (1672–1739), Field Marshal of the British Army
François Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld, Duke of La Rochefoucauld (1747–1827), French social reformer
François, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1765–1848)