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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: "Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us..."
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "We are more interested in making others believe we are happy..."
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us..."
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect..."
We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,..."
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "It is more shameful to distrust one's friends than to be..."
It is more shameful to distrust one's friends than to be deceived by them Francois de La Rochefoucauld
How comes it that our memories are good enough to retain even the minutest details of what has befallen us, but not to recollect how many times we have recounted to the same person? Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues and vices, and to have determined how good or how wicked that man shall be capable of being. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Some beautiful things are more impressive when left imperfect..."
Some beautiful things are more impressive when left imperfect than when than when too highly finished Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best places in the right set already taken, and they do not want back seats. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person? Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good..."
It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being..."
Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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