Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

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Angry

“Men are often so foolish as to boast and value themselves upon their passions, even those that are most vicious. But envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that no one every ever had the confidence to own it.”

Men Passion Envy

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Melancholic

“Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation. [However disappointment can always be removed if we remember it could have turned out worse.]”

Giving Gratitude Disappointment

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Love

“There are good marriages, but there are no delightful ones.”

Delightful Matrimony Good Marriage

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Wise

“The clemency of Princes is often but policy to win the affections of the people.”

People Winning

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Thoughtful

“We forget our faults easily when they are known to ourselves alone.”

Forget Faults

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Confident

“Though confidence is very fine, and makes the future sunny; I want no confidence for mine, I'd rather have the money”

Want Confidence Sunny

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Angry

“Reconciliation with our enemies is simply a desire to better our condition, a weariness of war, or the fear of some unlucky thing from occurring.”

War Desire Enemy

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Angry

“The reason we bitterly hate those who deceive us is because they think they are cleverer than we are.”

Thinking Hate Deception

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Philosophical

“As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.”

Wisdom Few Words Saying Nothing

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Anxious

“Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.”

Doubt Madness Jealousy

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Wise

“Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples.”

Men Giving Advice

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Sad

“Few people know death, we only endure it, usually from determination, and even from stupidity and custom; and most men only die because they know not how to prevent dying.”

Men Death Determination

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