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Famous Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
“Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.”
“Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.”
“The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves.”
“It's easier to know people in general than one person in particular”
“The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.”
“All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.”
“We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion.”
“To establish yourself in the world a person must do all they can to appear already established.”
“When our hatred is violent, it sinks us even beneath those we hate.”
“Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor”
“Politeness of mind consists in thinking chaste and refined thoughts.”
“Vanity, shame, and above all disposition, often make men brave and women chaste.”
“It is not always from valor or from chastity that men are brave, and women chaste.”
“Flattery is a base coin which is current only through our vanity.”
“Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner.”
“We torment ourselves rather to make it appear that we are happy than to become so.”
“The happiness and unhappiness of men depends as much on their ethics as on fortune.”
“There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent.”
“The qualities we have, make us so ridiculous as those which we affect.”
“Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils, but present evils triumph over it.”
“It is most difficult to speak when we are ashamed of being silent.”
“He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men.”
“It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.”
“What renders other people's vanity insufferable is that it wounds our own.”
“Whilst weakness and timidity keep us to our duty, virtue has often all the honor.”