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No one thinks fortune so blind as those she has been least kind to.
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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In great affairs we ought to apply ourselves less to creating chances than to profiting from those that offer.
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The qualities we have do not make us so ridiculous as those which we affect to have. [Fr., On n'est jamais si ridicule par les qualites que l'on a que par celles que l'on affecte d'avoir.]
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Our merit gains us the esteem of the virtuous-our star that of the public.
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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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Bravery in simple soldiers is a dangerous trade, to which they have bound themselves to get their livelihood.
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It is only persons of firmness that can have real gentleness. Those who appear gentle are, in general, only a weak character, which easily changes into asperity.
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