Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

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Philosophical

“Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.”

Passion Doubt Jealousy

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Writer

Philosophical

“Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.”

Listening Perfection Conversation

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Philosophical

“We often do shallow good in order to accomplish evil with impunity.”

Order Evil

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Happy

“Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things.”

Joy Happiness

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Philosophical

“Some weak people are so sensible of their weakness as to be able to make a good use of it.”

People Use Weakness

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Inspired

“The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.”

Praise Shame Arise

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Spiritual

“Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.”

Men Silence

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Philosophical

“It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising it.”

Parades Coquette

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Philosophical

“Some people resemble ballads which are only sung for a certain time.”

People Certain

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Confident

“He is safe who admits no one to his confidence.”

Safe Confidence

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Angry

“That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that which wounds our own.”

Vanity Unbearable

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Funny

“All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.”

Dream Love

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