There are some people who would never have fallen in love if they had not heard there was such a thing. β¨ Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales (Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims). Book by Francois de La Rochefoucauld (Maxim 136), 1665-1678.
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