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We often select envenomed praise which, by a reaction upon those we praise, shows faults we could not have shown by other means.
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
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The happiness and unhappiness of men depends as much on their ethics as on fortune.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Youth changes its tastes by the warmth of its blood age retains its tastes by habit.
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One thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any one who does not think more of what he is about to say than of answering precisely what is said to him.
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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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