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François de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La Rochefoucauld

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François Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucaud (11 January 1747 – 27 March 1827) was a French aristocrat and social reformer.

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  • Le désir de s'enrichir est leur passion dominante, et à vrai dire leur seule passion.
    • The desire of riches is their ruling passion, and indeed their only passion.
    • Voyage dans les Etats-Unis d'Amérique fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797 (Paris, 1799) vol. 8, p. 129. Translated as Travels through the United States of North America, Canada, &c. in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797 (London, 1799) vol. 4, p. 562
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