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Our minds are as much given to laziness as our bodies.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Age: 66 †
Born: 1613
Born: September 15
Died: 1680
Died: March 17
Memoirist
Military Personnel
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Paris
France
François VI
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Prince de Marcillac
François
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
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We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it consists in a symmetry of which we know not the rules, and a secret conformity of the features to each other, as also to the air and complexion of the person.
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To be a great man it is necessary to know how to profit by the whole of our good fortune.
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We are never either so fortunate or so misfortunate as we imagine.
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There are heroes of wickedness, as there are of goodness.
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The evil that we do does not attract to us so much persecution and hatred as our good qualities.
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