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

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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
To establish oneself in the world, one has to do all one can to appear established.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We should manage our fortunes as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We should often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood our motives.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We would rather run ourselves down than not speak of ourselves at all.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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