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"We have all sufficient strength to endure the misfortunes of others."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 19.
Maxim 19.
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"Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 22.
Maxim 22.
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"We need greater virtues to sustain good than evil fortune."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 25.
Maxim 25.
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"Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 26.
Maxim 26.
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"Interest speaks all sorts of tongues, and plays all sorts of parts, even that of disinterestedness."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 39.
Maxim 39.
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"We are never so happy or so unhappy as we suppose."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 49.
Maxim 49.
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"There are few people who would not be ashamed of being loved when they love no longer."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 71.
Maxim 71.
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"True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 76.
Maxim 76.
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"The love of justice is simply, in the majority of men, the fear of suffering injustice."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 78.
Maxim 78.
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"Silence is the best resolve for him who distrusts himself."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 79.
Maxim 79.
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"Friendship is only a reciprocal conciliation of interests, and an exchange of good offices; it is a species of commerce out of which self-love always expects to gain something."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 83.
Maxim 83.
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"A man who is ungrateful is often less to blame than his benefactor."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 96.
Maxim 96.
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"The understanding is always the dupe of the heart."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 102.
Maxim 102.
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"Nothing is given so profusely as advice."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 110.
Maxim 110.
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"The true way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 127.
Maxim 127.
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"Usually we praise only to be praised."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 146.
Maxim 146.
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"Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 180.
Maxim 180.
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"Most people judge men only by success or by fortune."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 212.
Maxim 212.
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"Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 218.
Maxim 218.
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"Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 226.
Maxim 226.
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"There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 245.
Maxim 245.
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"The pleasure of love is in loving. We are happier in the passion we feel than in that we inspire."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 259.
Maxim 259.
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"We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 294.
Maxim 294.
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"The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 298.
Maxim 298.
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"Lovers are never tired of each other, though they always speak of themselves."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 312.
Maxim 312.
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"We pardon in the degree that we love."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 330.
Maxim 330.
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"We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree with us."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 347.
Maxim 347.
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"The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 377.
Maxim 377.
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"We may give advice, but we cannot inspire the conduct."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 378.
Maxim 378.
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"The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 416.
Maxim 416.
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"In their first passion women love their lovers, in all the others they love love."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 471.
Maxim 471.
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"Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side."
Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld / Maxim 496.
Maxim 496.
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