“Men sometimes think they hate flattery, but they hate only the manner of flattering.”
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Famous Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
“Narrow minds think nothing right that is above their own capacity.”
“No one thinks fortune so blind as those she has been least kind to.”
“We frequently are troublesome to others, when we think it impossible for us ever to be so.”
“A woman often thinks she regrets the lover, when she only regrets the love.”
“The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.”
“A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.”
“We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.”
“It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.”
“We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion.”
“Politeness of mind consists in thinking chaste and refined thoughts.”
“We often bore others when we think we cannot possibly bore them.”
“The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.”
“Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike.”