This is the reason that the majority of children please. It is because they are wrapt up in the air and manner nature has given them, and are ignorant of any other. (François de La Rochefoucauld)

This is the reason that the majority of children please. It is because they are wrapt up in the air and manner nature has given them, and are ignorant of any other.

François de La Rochefoucauld

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