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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
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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One kind of happiness is to know exactly at what point to be miserable.
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It is pointless for a woman to be young unless pretty, or to be pretty unless young.
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Tricks and treachery are merely proofs of lack of skill.
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He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken.
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It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.
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People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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Few things are needed to make a wise man happy nothing can make a fool content that is why most men are miserable.
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