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There is at least as much eloquence in the voice, eyes, and air of a speaker as in his choice of words.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Age: 66 †
Born: 1613
Born: September 15
Died: 1680
Died: March 17
Memoirist
Military Personnel
Writer
Paris
France
François VI
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Prince de Marcillac
François
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
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Air
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Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.
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Men's happiness and misery depends altogether as much upon their own humor as it does upon fortune.
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That man, we may be sure, is a person of true worth, whom those who envy him most are yet forced to praise.
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In growing old, we become more foolish - and more wise.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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True bravery means doing alone that which one could do if all the world were by.
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The reason we do not let our friends see the very bottom of our hearts is not so much distrust of them as distrust of ourselves.
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We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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To know oneself is not necessarily to improve oneself
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Moderation is like sobriety: you would like to have some more, but are afraid of making yourself ill.
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In misfortune we often mistake dejection for constancy we bear it without daring to look on it like cowards, who suffer themselves to be murdered without resistance.
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