Tag: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Nature seems at each man’s birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues and vices, and to have determined how good or how wicked that man shall be capable of being.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld