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Francois de La Rochefoucauld quotes

French Writer September 15, 1613 – March 17, 1680

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We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world..."
We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world..."
We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "We would often be ashamed of our best actions if the world..."
We would often be ashamed of our best actions if the world only knew the motives behind them. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of..."
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love. 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: "In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find..."
In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us. 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: "We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw..."
We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can..."
Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "It is a kind of happiness to know just how unhappy we could be."
It is a kind of happiness to know just how unhappy we could be. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which..."
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than..."
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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