“Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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It is not in the power of
“It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Few people have the wisdom to prefer
“Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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It is with True love as it
“It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Though men are apt to flatter and
“Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Great souls are not those who have
“Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We should often feel ashamed of our
“We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Though nature be ever so generous, yet
“Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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It is not in the power of
“It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Author: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Category: love
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It is not enough to have great
“It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.”
— 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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