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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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There are some faults which, when well managed, make a greater figure than virtue itself.
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Self-love makes our friends appear more or less deserving in proportion to the delight we take in them, and the measures by whichwe judge of their worth depend upon the manner of their conversing with us.
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Confidence in conversation has a greater share than wit.
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What makes false reckoning, as regards gratitude, is that the pride of the giver and the receiver cannot agree as to the value of the benefit.
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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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There is merit without rank, but there is no rank without some merit.
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It is easier to fall in love when you are out of it than to get out of it when you are in.
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Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty.
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The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of which are infallible and the simplest man with passion is more persuasive than the most eloquent without it.
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Some weak people are so sensible of their weakness as to be able to make a good use of it.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Tis more dishonourable to distrust a friend than to be deceived by him.
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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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Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner.
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It appears that nature has hid at the bottom of our hearts talents and abilities unknown to us. It is only the passions that have the power of bringing them to light, and sometimes give us views more true and more perfect than art could possibly do.
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When we exaggerate our friends' tenderness towards us, it is often less from gratitude than from a desire to exhibit our own virtue.
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There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.
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We are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them.
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