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Those who continually slander, rarely do injury: they imagine more evil than they can accomplish.

— Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues Reflections and Maxims (1746)

Ceux qui médisent toujours, nuisent rarement; ils méditent plus de mal qu'ils n'en peuvent faire.

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