Francois de La Rochefoucauld — Philosophical Quotes

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Writer

Philosophical

“There is such a thing as a general revolution which changes the taste of men as it changes the fortunes of the world.”

Men Change Revolution

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Writer

Philosophical

“Ideas often flash across our minds more complete than we could make them after much labor.”

Ideas Mind Flash

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Philosophical

“A weak mind is the only defect out of our power to mend.”

Mind Power Stupidity

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Philosophical

“No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.”

Men Bears

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Philosophical

“There is scarcely any man sufficiently clever to appreciate all the evil he does.”

Men Appreciate

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Philosophical

“A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.”

Wells Judging Satisfied

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Philosophical

“Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.”

Eye Voice Expression

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Philosophical

“The greatest part of our faults are more excusable than the methods that are commonly taken to conceal them.”

Taken Faults Method

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Philosophical

“It is worth nothing to be young without being beautiful, nor to be beautiful without being young.”

Beautiful Beauty Young

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Philosophical

“There are few occasions when we should make a bad bargain by giving up the good on condition that no ill was said of us.”

Should Giving Up Said

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Philosophical

“Moderation is like sobriety: you would like to have some more, but are afraid of making yourself ill.”

Risk Moderation Sobriety

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Philosophical

“We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire.”

Should Desire Miscellaneous

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