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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Age: 66 †
Born: 1613
Born: September 15
Died: 1680
Died: March 17
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Military Personnel
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France
François VI
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Prince de Marcillac
François
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
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We should wish for few things with eagerness, if we perfectly knew the nature of that which was the object of our desire.
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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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Happy people rarely correct their faults they consider themselves vindicated, since fortune endorses their evil ways.
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No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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Prudence and love are inconsistent in proportion as the last increases, the other decreases.
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A fashionable woman is always in love - with herself.
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The most subtle of our acts is to simulate blindness for snares that we know are set for us.
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There are people who in spite of their merit disgust us and others who please us in spite of their faults.
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We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes.
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