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Famous Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
“The only good copies are those which make us see the absurdity of bad originals.”
“It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others.”
“There is great skill in knowing how to conceal one's skill.”
“Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.”
“Ideas often flash across our minds more complete than we could make them after much labor.”
“We should gain more by letting the world see what we are than by trying to seem what we are not.”
“Opportunity makes us known to others, but more to ourselves.”
“Gratitude is a useless word. You will find it in a dictionary but not in life.”
“Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.”
“Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.”
“Renewed friendships require more care than those that have never been broken.”
“A clever man should handle his interests so that each will fall in suitable order of their value.”
“The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.”
“To boast that one never flirts is actually a kind of flirtation.”
“We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving others.”
“When our vices desert us, we flatter ourselves that we are deserting our vices.”
“We often bore others when we think we cannot possibly bore them.”
“Weakness is the only fault that is incorrigible.”