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Famous quotes containing the words duc de, wealthy and/or duc:

“The love of justice in most people is only the fear of suffering injustice.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“You have lived longer than I have and perhaps may have formed a different judgment on better grounds; but my observations do not enable me to say I think integrity the characteristic of wealth. In general I believe the decisions of the people, in a body, will be more honest and more disinterested than those of wealthy men.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“The moderation of men in the most exalted fortunes is a desire to be thought above those things that have raised them so high.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)