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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Il est plus honteux de se défier de ses amis que d'en ?tre trompé.
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It is more disgraceful to distrust than to be deceived by our friends.
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Variant translation: It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
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Maxim 84.

 
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