French author (1613-1680)
To be a great man it is necessary to turn to account all opportunities.
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
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attributed, Day's Collacon
Civility is a desire to receive civilities, and to be accounted well-bred.
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Madmen and fools see everything through the medium of humor.
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We can't bear to be deceived by our enemies, and betrayed by our friends; yet are often content to be so served by ourselves.
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It is pointless for a woman to be young unless pretty, or to be pretty unless young.
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Not to love is in love an infallible means of being loved.
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Hypocrisy is the homage of vice to virtue.
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'Tis much easier to suppress a first desire, than to satisfy all those that follow it.
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Men may boast of their great actions; but they are more often the effects of chance than of design.
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It is our own vanity that makes the vanity of others intolerable to us.
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Those who apply themselves too much to little things commonly become incapable of great ones.
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A man often imagines that he acts, when he is acted upon.
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Whatever difference may appear in men's fortunes, there is nevertheless a certain compensation of good and ill that makes all equal.
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The head is always the bubble of the heart.
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Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.
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Hope and fear are inseparable.
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Those who have had great passions often find all their lives made miserable in being cured of them.
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A fool has not stuff enough to make a good man.
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The clemency of Princes is often but policy to win the affections of the people.
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Some weak people are sensible of their weakness and able to make good use of it.
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