Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes - Page 5

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• We often pay our debts not because it is only fair that we should, but to make future loans easier.

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  Debt, Pay, Loan

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• The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth

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  Inspirational, Wisdom, Appreciation

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• Even women are perfect at the outset.

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  Perfect, Perfection

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• To be a great man it is necessary to turn to account all opportunities.

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  Opportunity, Men, Turns

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• Ordinary men commonly condemn what is beyond them.

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  Men, Ordinary, Ordinary Man

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• All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.

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  Love, Dream, Passion

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• Jealousy is not love, but self-love.

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  Jealousy, Self, Self Love

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• Not to love is in love an infallible means of being loved.

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  Mean, Love Is, Infallible

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• The simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.

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  Passion, Men, Oratory

  "The Moral Maxims and Reflections". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld. Maxim 8, 1678.

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• Weak people cannot be sincere.

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  People, Weakness, Sincerity

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• It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Intelligence

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• The judgments our enemies make about us come nearer to the truth than those we make about ourselves.

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  Vanity, Enemy, Judgment

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• We often boast that we are never bored; but yet we are so conceited that we do not perceive how often we bore others.

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  Conceited, Bored, Egotism

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• It is not expedient or wise to examine our friends too closely; few persons are raised in our esteem by a close examination.

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  Wise, Examination, Expediency

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• To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

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  Greatness, Achieve, Should

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• Silence is the safest policy if you are unsure of yourself.

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  Silence, Risk, Policy

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• Madmen and fools see everything through the medium of humor.

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  Fool, Madmen, Mediums

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• Only the great can afford to have great defects.

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  Faults, Defects

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• Some men are so full of themselves that when they fall in love, they amuse themselves rather with their own passion than with theperson they love.

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  Love, Fall, Passion

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• The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

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  Thinking, Self, Deception

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• There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.

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  People, Would Be, Goodness

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• It is no tragedy to do ungrateful people favors, but it is unbearable to be indebted to a scoundrel.

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  Ungrateful People, Tragedy, Favors

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• A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny.

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  Destiny, Men, Unhappiness

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• We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.

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  Im Sorry, Being Yourself, Work

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• It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad.

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  Character, Fortune, Miscellaneous

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