FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD QUOTES IV

French author (1613-1680)


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Hypocrisy is the homage of vice to virtue.

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Moral Maxims


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Tags: hypocrisy


Hope and fear are inseparable.

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If a man doesn't find ease in himself, 'tis in vain to seek it elsewhere.

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Civility is a desire to receive civilities, and to be accounted well-bred.

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'Tis much easier to suppress a first desire, than to satisfy all those that follow it.

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We can't bear to be deceived by our enemies, and betrayed by our friends; yet are often content to be so served by ourselves.

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Madmen and fools see everything through the medium of humor.

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The head is always the bubble of the heart.

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It is pointless for a woman to be young unless pretty, or to be pretty unless young.

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Ordinary men commonly condemn what is beyond them.

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The surest way to be cheated is to fancy ourselves more cunning than others.

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Men may boast of their great actions; but they are more often the effects of chance than of design.

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Weakness is the only fault which cannot be cured.

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Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.

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Whatever difference may appear in men's fortunes, there is nevertheless a certain compensation of good and ill that makes all equal.

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Those who apply themselves too much to little things commonly become incapable of great ones.

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A man often imagines that he acts, when he is acted upon.

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A fool has not stuff enough to make a good man.

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Some weak people are sensible of their weakness and able to make good use of it.

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However wicked men may be, they do not dare openly to appear the enemies of virtue, and when they desire to persecute her they either pretend to believe her false or attribute crimes to her.

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