Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.
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A selected quote by François VI. de La Rochefoucauld.
Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.
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