Best Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld (Top 10)
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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.
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When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
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To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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We rarely ever perceive others as being sensible, except for those who agree with us.
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More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.
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He who lives without folly is not as wise as he may think.
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In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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The confidence which we have in ourselves give birth to much of that, which we have in others.
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To establish yourself in the world a person must do all they can to appear already established.
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Confidence in conversation has a greater share than wit.
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