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La Rochefoucauld 148: Some reproaches praise; some praises reproach.
larochefoucauld maxims
Some reproaches praise; some praises reproach. ["Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer." Pope {Essay On Man, (1733), Epistle To Dr. Arbuthnot.}]
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_148
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