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Francois de La Rochefoucauld quotes about great

French Writer September 15, 1613 – March 17, 1680

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as..."
Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally..."
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become..."
They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations..."
Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone."
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to..."
A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great..."
Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude."
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more..."
Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones,..."
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing..."
There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for..."
However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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