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• Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand.

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  Believe, Science, Understanding

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• He who fears death dies every time he thinks of it.

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  Thinking, Fear Of Death, Dies

  duc de François La Rochefoucauld, François La Rochefoucauld (duc de), King of Poland Stanisław, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral reflections, sentences and maxims of Francis, duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.170

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• The strong desire for success is the best indication that you can achieve success.

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  Strong, Desire, Achieve

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• To make good use of life, one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.

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  Life, Should Have, Years

  François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.153

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• Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?

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  Cottages, Palaces, Misery

  François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.162

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• A well-read fool is the most pestilent of blockheads; his learning is a flail which he knows not how to handle, and with which he breaks his neighbor's shins as well as his own. Keep a fellow of this description at arm's length, as you value the integrity of your bones.

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  Integrity, Arms, Fool

  François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.181

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• Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.

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  Integrity, Judging, Conscience

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• To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting.

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  Faith, Believe, Doubt

  "Maxims and Moral Sentences". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld, pp. 153-186, No. 61, 1851.

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• How many persons fancy they have experience simply because they have grown old!

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  Age, Fancy, Persons

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• Genius speaks only to genius.

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  Genius, Speak

  François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.176

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• We rise to fortune by successive steps; we descend by only one.

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  Steps, Fortune

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• Misers are very kind people: they amass wealth for those who wish their death.

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  Death, People, Wish

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• Esteem has more engaging charms than friendship, or even love. It captivates hearts better, and never makes ings.

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  Respect, Heart, Charm

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• Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.

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  Life, Adversity, Faces

  François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.184

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• I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things.

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  Believe, Suffering, Great Things

  François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.156

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• We are usually mistaken in esteeming men too much; rarely in esteeming them too little.

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  Respect, Mistake, Men

  François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.168

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• I know no real worth but that tranquil firmness which seeks dangers by duty, and braves them without rashness.

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  Real, Brave, Danger

  François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.175

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• There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

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  Breeding, Observation, Politeness

  François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.179

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• Affectation discovers sooner what one is than it makes known what one would fain appear to be.

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  Known

  François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.169

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• Religion has nothing more to fear than not being sufficiently understood.

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  Religion, Understood

  François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.158

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• Gaiety is the soul's health; sadness is its poison.

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  Sadness, Soul, Poison

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• The earliest desire of succeeding is almost always a prognostic of success.

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  Success, Desire, Succeed

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• Nothing but religion is capable of changing pains into pleasures.

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  Pain, Religion, Pleasure

  François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.153

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• It is having in some measure a sort of wit to know how to use the wit of others.

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  Use, Wit, Know How

  duc de François La Rochefoucauld, François La Rochefoucauld (duc de), King of Poland Stanisław, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral reflections, sentences and maxims of Francis, duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.173

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• Science when well-digested is nothing but good sense and reason.

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  Science, Reason, Wells

  duc de François La Rochefoucauld, François La Rochefoucauld (duc de), King of Poland Stanisław, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral reflections, sentences and maxims of Francis, duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.159

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