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La Rochefoucauld Quote

He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken.

La Rochefoucauld

He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken.

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