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We take less pains to be happy, than to appear so.
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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One thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any one who does not think more of what he is about to say than of answering precisely what is said to him.
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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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The love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there is in change, as from the distaste we feel in being too little admired by those that know us too well, and the hope of being more admired by those that know us less.
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Self-love increases or diminishes for us the good qualities of our friends, in proportion to the satisfaction we feel with them and we judge of their merit by the manner in which they act towards us.
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The moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers.
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When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
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True bravery means doing alone that which one could do if all the world were by.
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Sobriety is concern for one's health - or limited capacity.
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There are few people more convinced of their own genius than those who complain of how stupid they are.
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The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.
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The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.
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