“We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We all have enough strength to endure
“We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We seldom praise anyone in good earnest,
“We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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No man deserves to be praised for
“No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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That good disposition which boasts of being
“That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Old age is a tyrant, who forbids,
“Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We may sooner be brought to love
“We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The happiness and misery of men depend
“The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The moderation of people in prosperity is
“The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance
“In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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What men have called friendship is only
“What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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