Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

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Philosophical

“Truth is the foundation and the reason of the perfection of beauty, for of whatever stature a thing may be, it cannot be beautiful-and perfect, unless it be truly what it should be, and possess truly all that it should have.”

Beautiful Should Have Beauty

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Angry

“The passions possess a certain injustice and self interest which makes it dangerous to follow them, and in reality we should distrust them even when they appear most trustworthy.”

Self Reality Passion

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Philosophical

“It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.”

Wise Wisdom

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Love

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

Marriage Delightful

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Wise

“There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.”

Men Enough Clever

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Angry

“It is much easier to seem fitted for posts we do not fill than for those we do.”

Easier Seems

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Angry

“Reason alone is insufficient to make us enthusiastic in any matter.”

Matter Enthusiasm

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Lonely

“There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.”

Love Breakup Break Up

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Wise

“When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us from fidelity.”

Love Is Welcome Infidelity

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Wise

“As we grow older we grow both more foolish and wiser at the same time.”

Grows Foolish

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Wise

“There are some who never would have loved if they never had heard it spoken of.”

Ifs Heard

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Wise

“The common foible of women who have been handsome is to forget that they are no longer so.”

Women Common Handsome

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