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The whimsicalness of our own humor is a thousand times more fickle and unaccountable than what we blame so much in fortune.
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
Writer
Paris
France
François VI
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Prince de Marcillac
François
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Funny
Unaccountable
Much
Inconstancy
Fickle
Blame
Fortune
Humor
Thousand
Times
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The contempt of riches in philosophers was only a hidden desire to avenge their merit upon the injustice of fortune, by despising the very goods of which fortune had deprived them it was a secret to guard themselves against the degradation of poverty, it was a back way by which to arrive at that distinction which they could not gain by riches.
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Spiritual health is no more stable than bodily and though we may seem unaffected by the passions we are just as liable to be carried away by them as to fall ill when in good health.
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Whatever ignominy or disgrace we have incurred, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our reputation.
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If we had no faults, we would not derive so much pleasure from noting those of other people.
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The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others.
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