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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.
– François La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680), Réflexions ou Sentences et Maximes Morales (1665), 'Maxim XXVI'; a collection of pithy, elegant observations, reflecting on the conduct of mankind. Of the 504 'maxims', the vast majority consist of just two or three lines.
