FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD QUOTES IV

French author (1613-1680)

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as we are in a condition to render them service.

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Hope and fear are inseparable.

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Madmen and fools see everything through the medium of humor.

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If a man doesn't find ease in himself, 'tis in vain to seek it elsewhere.

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Few know how to be old.

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Men may boast of their great actions; but they are more often the effects of chance than of design.

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Self-love is the greatest of flatterers.

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Weakness is the only fault which cannot be cured.

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Not to love is in love an infallible means of being loved.

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However wicked men may be, they do not dare openly to appear the enemies of virtue, and when they desire to persecute her they either pretend to believe her false or attribute crimes to her.

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The greatest miracle of love is the reformation of a coquette.

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The character of a man's native country is as strongly impressed on his mind as its accent is on his tongue.

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It is our own vanity that makes the vanity of others intolerable to us.

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The surest way to be cheated is to fancy ourselves more cunning than others.

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An extraordinary haste to discharge an obligation is a sort of ingratitude.

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We often glory in the most criminal passions; but envy is a shameful passion we never dare own.

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To be a great man one should know how to profit by every phase of fortune.

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The art of being able to make a good use of moderate abilities wins esteem and often confers more reputation than real merit.

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We can't bear to be deceived by our enemies, and betrayed by our friends; yet are often content to be so served by ourselves.

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The head is always the bubble of the heart.

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