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“There are few women whose charm survives their beauty.”

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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“There are women who never had an intrigue; but there are scarce any who never had but one.”

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“Our minds are as much given to laziness as our bodies.”

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“Humility is often merely feigned submissiveness assumed in order to subject others, an artifice of pride which stoops to conquer, and although pride has a thousand ways of transforming itself it is never so well disguised and able to take people in as when masquerading as humility.”

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“Constancy in love ... is only inconstancy confined to one object.”

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“There are no accidents so unlucky but the prudent may draw some advantage from them.”

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“Most women lament not the death of their lovers so much out of real affection for them, as because they would appear worthy of love.”

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“Before we passionately desire a thing, we should examine the happiness of its possessor.”

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“JedeTrennung gibt einenVorgeschmack desTodesund jedes Wiedersehen einenVorgeschmack der Auferstehung. Every parting is a foretaste of death, and every reunion a foretaste of resurrection.”

Resurrection Parting Reunion

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“Just as the witticism brings two very different real objects under one concept, the pun brings two different concepts, by the assistance of accident, under one word.”

Two Different Real Objects Concepts Accidents Assistance One Word Pun

Book:The World As Will And Idea: 3 vols in 1 [unabridged]

Source: The World As Will And Idea: 3 vols in 1 [unabridged]

“The auspices for philosophy are bad if, when proceeding ostensibly on the investigation of truth, we start saying farewell to all uprightness, honesty and sincerity, and are intent only on passing ourselves off for what we are not. We then assume, like those three sophists [Fichte, Schelling and Hegel], first a false pathos, then an affected and lofty earnestness, then an air of infinite superiority, in order to impose where we despair of ever being able to convince.”