Tag: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don’t know where I would be without it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld