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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

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  • When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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  • Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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  • Why is our memory good enough to recall to the last detail things that have happened to us, yet not good enough to recall how often we have told them to the same person.
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  • A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.
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  • A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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  • Although men flatter themselves with their great actions, they are not so often the result of a great design as of chance.
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  • Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.
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  • Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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  • One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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  • Only the great can afford to have great defects.
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  • Our actions are like the terminations of verses, which we rhyme as we please.
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  • Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
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  • Our enemies approach nearer to truth in their judgments of us than we do ourselves.
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  • Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.
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  • Passions are the only orators to always convinces us.
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  • Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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