Tag: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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It’s the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Most people know no other way of judging men’s worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld