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Francois De La Rochefoucauld Inspirational Quotes (661)

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The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.
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Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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We rarely ever perceive others as being sensible, except for those who agree with us.
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Of all the violent passions, the one that becomes a woman best is love.
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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Envy is more incapable of reconciliation than hatred is.
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Renewed friendships require more care than those that have never been broken.
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There are some bad qualities which make great talents.
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We are never either so fortunate or so misfortunate as we imagine.
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The duration of our passions is no more dependent on ourselves than the duration of our lives.
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No one thinks fortune so blind as those she has been least kind to.
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We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it consists in a symmetry of which we know not the rules, and a secret conformity of the features to each other, as also to the air and complexion of the person.
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Penetration has an air of divination it pleases our vanity more than any other quality of the mind.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Madmen and fools see everything through the medium of humor.
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Whatever ignominy or disgrace we have incurred, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our reputation.
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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it is a symmetry whose rules are unknown.
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A man for whom accident discovers sense, is not a rational being. A man only is so who understands, who distinguishes, who tests it.
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We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Almost everyone takes pleasure in repaying trifling obligations, very many feel gratitude for those that are moderate but there is scarcely anyone who is not ungrateful for those that are weighty.
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Pride indemnifies itself and loses nothing even when it casts away vanity.
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