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A man may be sharper than another, but not than all others.
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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François VI
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Prince de Marcillac
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True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.
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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.
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It is as proper to have pride in oneself as it ridiculous to show it to others.
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Our good qualities expose us more to hatred and persecution than all the ill we do.
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Avarice is more directly opposed to thrift than generosity is.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Self-love makes our friends appear more or less deserving in proportion to the delight we take in them, and the measures by whichwe judge of their worth depend upon the manner of their conversing with us.
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The exceeding delight we take in talking about ourselves should give us cause to fear that we are giving but very little pleasureto our listeners.
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Clemency, which we make a virtue of, proceeds sometimes from vanity, sometimes from indolence, often from fear, and almost always from a mixture of all three.
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Old people are fond of giving good advice it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.
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That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that which wounds our own.
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