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Usually we only praise heartily those who admire us.

Usually we only praise heartily those who admire us.

Approximate author period: c. 1646 AD · renaissance

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Author or tradition
Francis, Duc De La Rochefoucauld
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Approximate author period: c. 1646 AD · renaissance
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Recorded source
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1871 English edition) (1871 AD)

Main maxims, complete printed maxim 356; J. W. Willis Bund and J. Hain Friswell translation; Simpson Low, Son, and Marston,188FleetStreet,1871 (printed imprint spelling retained)

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