Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

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Calm

“The tranquility or agitation of our temper does not depend so much on the big things which happen to us in life, as on the pleasant or unpleasant arrangements of the little things which happen daily.”

Doe Littles Agitation

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Philosophical

“There is a form of eminence which does not depend on fate; it is an air which sets us apart and seems to prtend great things; it is the value which we unconsciously attach to ourselves; it is the quality which wins us deference of others; more than birth, position, or ability, it gives us ascendance.”

Life Success Fate

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Angry

“Female gossips are generally actuated by active ignorance.”

Ignorance Female

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Wise

“We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.”

Giving Use

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Wise

“Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people.”

People Giving Knavery

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Melancholic

“Nothing is rarer than real goodness.”

Real Goodness

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Angry

“Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.”

Men Doe

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Love

“The love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there is in change, as from the distaste we feel in being too little admired by those that know us too well, and the hope of being more admired by those that know us less.”

Littles Friendship Vanity

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Nostalgic

“Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can't quite name.”

People Names Acting

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Wise

“The passions are the only orators which always persuade.”

Feelings Passion

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Philosophical

“The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.”

Real Self

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Philosophical

“Coquetry is the essential characteristic, and the prevalent humor of women; but they do not all practice it, because the coquetry of some is restrained by fear or by reason.”

Practice Essentials Flirting

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