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There are follies as catching as contagious disorders.
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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France
François VI
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Prince de Marcillac
François
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
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We often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have, thus when weak we boast of our obstinacy.
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The soul's maladies have their relapses like the body's. What we take for a cure is often just a momentary rally or a new form of the disease.
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We sometimes differ more widely from ourselves than we do from others.
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Envy is more irreconcilable than hatred.
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The judgments our enemies make about us come nearer to the truth than those we make about ourselves.
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We sometimes condemn the present, by praising the past and show our contempt of what is now, by our esteem for what is no more.
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We acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.
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What often prevents our abandoning ourselves to a single vice is, our having more than one.
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It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them.
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One kind of flirtation is to boast we never flirt.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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Pity is a sense of our own misfortunes in those of another man it is a sort of foresight of the disasters which may befall ourselves. We assist others,, in order that they may assist us on like occasions so that the services we offer to the unfortunate are in reality so many anticipated kindnesses to ourselves.
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