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There are reproaches which praise, and praises which defame.
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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Men and things have each their proper perspective to judge rightly of some it is necessary to see them near, of others we can never judge rightly but at a distance.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Moderation is a fear of falling into that envy and contempt which those who grow giddy with their good fortune quite justly draw upon themselves. It is a vain boasting of the greatness of our mind.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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We give advice, we do not inspire conduct.
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Ability wins us the esteem of the true men luck, that of the people.
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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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The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of the age in which we live.
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If we had no faults, we would not derive so much pleasure from noting those of other people.
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Avarice often produces opposite results: there are an infinite number of persons who sacrifice their property to doubtful and distant expectations others mistake great future advantages for small present interests.
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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.
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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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It is worth nothing to be young without being beautiful, nor to be beautiful without being young.
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Loyalty is in most people only a ruse used by self-interest to attract confidence.
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Some good qualities are like the senses: Those who are entirely deprived of them can have no notion of them.
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Female gossips are generally actuated by active ignorance.
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Men are not only prone to forget benefits they even hate those who have obliged them, and cease to hate those who have injured them. The necessity of revenging an injury, or of recompensing a benefit seems a slavery to which they are unwilling to submit.
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Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.
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One kind of happiness is to know exactly at what point to be miserable.
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He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
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