Tag: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to be.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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There is many a virtuous woman weary of her trade.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld