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We give advice, we do not inspire conduct.
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
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Passion often renders the most clever man a fool, and sometimes renders the most foolish man clever.
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What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Customary use of artifice is the sign of a small mind, and it almost always happens that he who uses it to cover one spot uncovers himself in another.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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What often prevents our abandoning ourselves to a single vice is, our having more than one.
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No accidents are so unlucky [bad] but that the wise may draw some advantage [good] from them.
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A certain harmony should be kept between actions and ideas if we want to fully develop the effects they can produce.
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