Tag: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions, it is that which lies hidden in the bottom of our heart, and which we know not ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We are all strong enough to bear other men’s misfortunes.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person?
Francois de La Rochefoucauld