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Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
French author & moralist [more author details]

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If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is as common for tastes to change as it is uncommon for traits of character.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as we pass from suspicion to certainty.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.: Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Nothing is less sincere than our mode of asking and giving advice. He who asks seems to have a deference for the opinion of his friend, while he only aims to get approval of his own and make his friend responsible for his action. And he who gives advice repays the confidence supposed to be placed in him by a seemingly disinterested zeal, while he seldom means anything by his advice but his own interest or reputation.: Francois De La Rochefoucauld
One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what he would be capable of with the world looking on.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Solemnity is a device of the body to hide the faults of the mind.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The defects and faults in the mind are like wounds in the body. After all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The passions are the only orators that always persuade.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The passions often engender their contraries.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The pleasure of love is in loving.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
To establish oneself in the world, one does all one can to seem established there already.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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