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Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“It is harder to hide the feelings we have than to feign the ones we do not have.”

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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

“A writer like me must have an utter confidence, an utter faith in his star. It's an almost mystical feeling, a feeling of nothing-can-happen-to me, nothing-can-touch-me.... I once had it. But through a series of blows, many of them my own fault, something happened to that sense of immunity and I lost my grip.”

Feelings Happens Lost Stars My Own Happened Faults Series Blow Like Me Mystical Touch Me Immunity

Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald

“I began to realize that for two years my life had been a drawing on resources that I did not possess, that I had been mortgaging myself physically and spiritually up to the hilt.”

Years Two Realizing Resources Drawing Two Years

Book:The Crack-up

Source: The Crack-up

“I care not who hoes the lettuce of my country if I can eat the salad!”

Ifs I Can Country Care I Care Salad Lettuce Hoe

Book:The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

Source: The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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