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Francois de La Rochefoucauld quotes about personality

French Writer September 15, 1613 – March 17, 1680

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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
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: "We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who..."
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Imagination could never invent the number of different..."
Imagination could never invent the number of different contradictions that exist innately in each person's heart. 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: "Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove..."
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not..."
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person? Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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