François de La Rochefoucauld quotes - page 16

Few things are needed to make a wise man happy nothing can make a fool content. (François de La Rochefoucauld)
Jealousy is not love, but self-love. View quote
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Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others. View quote
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It is impossible to love a second time what we have really ceased to love. View quote
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We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion. View quote
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When the heart is still agitated by the remains of a passion, we are more ready to receive a new one than when we are entirely cured. View quote
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Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character. View quote
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However deceitful hope may be, yet she carries us on pleasantly to the end of life. View quote
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Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them. View quote
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Those who give too much attention to trifling things become generally incapable of great ones. View quote
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Youth is a perpetual intoxication; it is a fever of the mind. (François de La Rochefoucauld)
Only the great can afford to have great defects. View quote
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When our hatred is too alive puts us below what we hate. View quote
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Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor. View quote
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Too great refinement is false delicacy, And true delicacy is solid refinement. View quote
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Flattery is counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation. View quote
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Magnanimity is sufficiently defined by its name, nevertheless one can say it is the good sense of pride, the most noble way of receiving praise. View quote
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Weakness is the only fault that is incorrigible. View quote
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One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger. View quote
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There is such a thing as a general revolution which changes the taste of men as it changes the fortunes of the world. View quote
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Fortune and humor govern the world. (François de La Rochefoucauld)
It is a common fault never to be satisfied with our fortune, nor dissatisfied with our understanding. View quote
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A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them. View quote
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Strength and weakness of mind are misnomers; they are really nothing but the good or bad health of our bodily organs. View quote
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Not all who discharge their debts of gratitude should flatter themselves that they are grateful. View quote
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