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Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.”

Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

French author known for his wit and moral maxims. His works delve deeply into the flaws of human nature and the hypocrisy of society. more

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“What we take for high-mindedness is very often no other than ambition well disguised, that scorns means interests, only to pursuegreater.”

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“Humility is often only the putting on of a submissiveness by which men hope to bring other people to submit to them; it is a morecalculated sort of pride, which debases itself with a design of being exalted; and though this vice transform itself into a thousand several shapes, yet the disguise is never more effectual nor more capable of deceiving the world than when concealed under a form of humility.”

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“Bravery in simple soldiers is a dangerous trade, to which they have bound themselves to get their livelihood.”

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“We easily forget our faults when no one knows them but ourselves.”

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“The breeding we give young people is ordinarily but an additional self-love, by which we make them have a better opinion of themselves.”

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“The cunningest dissimulation is when a man pretends to be caught in the traps others set for him; and a man is never so easily over-reached as when he is contriving to over-reach others.”

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“I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when i first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.”

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