Tag: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld