“One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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It is great folly to wish to
“It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We may seem great in an employment
“We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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If we resist our passions, it is
“If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Good advice is something a man gives
“Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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There is only one kind of love,
“There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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As it is the characteristic of great
“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.”
— 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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When we are in love we often
“When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Our aversion to lying is commonly a
“Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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A work can become modern only if
“A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state, and this state is constant.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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