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François de La Rochefoucauld on Funny

1613–1680 France

← All quotes by François de La Rochefoucauld

3 quotes

A small degree of wit, accompanied by good sense, is less tiresome in the long run than a great amount of wit without it.

A man does not please long when he has only one species of wit.

Men are more satirical from vanity than from malice.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: François de La Rochefoucauld (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.