FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD QUOTES VIII

French author (1613-1680)


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Those who have the most cunning affect all their lives to condemn cunning; that they may make use of it on some great occasion, and to some great end.

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Moral Maxims


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Nothing is less sincere than the manner of asking and giving advice. He who asks it seems to have a respectful deference for the opinion of his friend; though he only aims at making him approve his own, and be responsible for his conduct. And he who gives it, repays the confidence reposed in him by a seemingly disinterested zeal; though he seldom means anything by the advice he gives but his own interest or reputation.

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Our distrust justifies the deceit of others.

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We bear, all of us, the misfortunes of other people with heroic constancy.

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Few things are impracticable in themselves; and 'tis for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail of success.

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To praise great actions is in some sense to share them.

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A well-trained mind has less difficulty in submitting to than in guiding an ill-trained mind.

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However we may conceal our passions under the veil ... there is always some place where they peep out.

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The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts.

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Friendship is insipid to those who have experienced love.

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All passions make us commit some faults, love alone makes us ridiculous.

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If we took as much pains to be what we ought, as we do to deceive others by disguising what we are; we might appear as we are, without being at the trouble of any disguise.

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Old fools are greater fools than young ones.

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There is merit without elevation, but there is no elevation without some merit.

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Few men know all the ill they do.

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When the heart is still disturbed by the relics of a passion it is proner to take up a new one than when wholly cured.

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Few people know death, we only endure it, usually from determination, and even from stupidity and custom; and most men only die because they know not how to prevent dying.

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We take less pains to be happy, than to appear so.

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Our envy always outlives the felicity of its object.

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Fortune never seems so blind to any as to those on whom she bestows no favors.

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