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The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.
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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François VI
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Prince de Marcillac
François
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
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Avarice misapprehends itself almost always. There is no passion which more often will miss its aim, nor upon which the present has so much influence to the prejudice of the future.
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Old people love to give good advice it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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Were we perfectly acquainted with the object, we should never passionately desire it.
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Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.
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Generally speaking, we would make a good bargain by renouncing all the good that people say of us, upon condition they would say no ill.
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Nature creates ability luck provides it with opportunity.
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The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.
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Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.
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Humility is the sure evidence of Christian virtues. Without it, we retain all our faults still, and they are only covered over with pride, which hides them from other men's observation, and sometimes from our own too.
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