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A man does not please long when he has only species of wit.
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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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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To awaken a man who is deceived as to his own merit is to do him as bad a turn as that done to the Athenian madman who was happy in believing that all the ships touching at the port belonged to him.
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When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
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There is an excess both in happiness and misery above our power of sensation.
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A weak mind is the only defect out of our power to mend.
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Solemnity is a device of the body to hide the faults of the mind.
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Self-love is more cunning than the most cunning man in the world.
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Ideas often flash across our minds more complete than we could make them after much labor.
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Of all the violent passions, the one that becomes a woman best is love.
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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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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 is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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There are some faults which, when well managed, make a greater figure than virtue itself.
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To praise great actions with sincerity may be said to be taking part in them.
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