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Francois de la Rochefoucauld

Francois de la Rochefoucauld

French writer

Lived from: 1613 - 1680

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagFrance

Born: 15 september 1613 Died: 17 march 1680

  • The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.
  • Everyone complains of the badness of his memory, but nobody of his judgment.
  • There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
  • What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.
  • There is such a thing as a general revolution which changes the taste of men as it changes the fortunes of the world.
  • True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.
  • A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.
  • Our actions are like the terminations of verses, which we rhyme as we please.
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  • Old people love to give good advice to console themselves for no longer being able to set a bad example.
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  • As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.
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  • As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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  • A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care to acquire.
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  • All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.
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  • Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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  • Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
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  • Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.
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  • Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already possess it.
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  • Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor.
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  • Few people know how to be old.
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  • Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives them.
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  • Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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  • Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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  • The happiness or unhappiness of men depends as much on their humors as on fortune.
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  • We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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  • We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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  • Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.
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  • Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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  • Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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The two most famous quotes from Francois de la Rochefoucauld are:

  • "Old people love to give good advice to console themselves for no longer being able to set a bad example."
  • "As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing."

When did Francois de la Rochefoucauld live?

Francois de la Rochefoucauld was born in 1613 and died in the year 1680.