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“Where religion speaks, reason has only a right to hear.”
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“Reason shows us our duty; he who can make us love our duty is more powerful than reason itself.”
“Religion has nothing more to fear than not being sufficiently understood.”
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“Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?”
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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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“How many persons fancy they have experience simply because they have grown old!”
“Those who ought to be secure from calumny are generally those who avoid it least.”
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“Genius speaks only to genius.”
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“Nothing but religion is capable of changing pains into pleasures.”
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Source: Moral reflections, sentences and maxims of Francis, duc de la Rochefoucauld
“We rise to fortune by successive steps; we descend by only one.”
“I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things.”
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“The earliest desire of succeeding is almost always a prognostic of success.”
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“The instability of our tastes is the occasion of the irregularity of our lives.”
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“When the truth offends no one it should come from our lips as naturally as the air we breathe.”
“Is it not astonishing that the love of repose keeps us in continual agitation?”
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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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“In all sorts of government man is made to believe himself free, and to be in chains.”
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“He who fears death dies every time he thinks of it.”
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“The strong desire for success is the best indication that you can achieve success.”
“Science when well-digested is nothing but good sense and reason.”
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“We are usually mistaken in esteeming men too much; rarely in esteeming them too little.”
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“Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand.”
“Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.”
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“Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.”
“Misers are very kind people: they amass wealth for those who wish their death.”
“To be vain of one's rank or place is to show that one is below it.”