Tag: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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A great many men’s gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason by chance but he who knows it and can judge it and has a true taste for it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Only the contemptible fear contempt.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld