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Kings do with men as with pieces of money; they give them what value they please, and we are obliged to receive them at their current, and not at their real value.
Kings do with men as with pieces of money; they give them what value they please, and we are obliged to receive them at their current, and not at their real value.
Approximate author period: c. 1646 AD · renaissance
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- Francis, Duc De La Rochefoucauld
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- Approximate author period: c. 1646 AD · renaissance
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: La Roche. · page_219
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