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Francois de La Rochefoucauld quotes

French Writer September 15, 1613 – March 17, 1680

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "We do not despise all those with vices, but we do despise all..."
We do not despise all those with vices, but we do despise all those without a single virtue. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "He who lives without folly is not as wise as he may think."
He who lives without folly is not as wise as he may think. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear..."
We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die."
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The defects of the mind arelike the wounds of the body. Whatever care we take to heal them the scars ever remain, and there is always danger of their reopening. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state, and this state is constant. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks."
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades,..."
People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others."
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be..."
Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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