“ Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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“ We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us. ”
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“ What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one. ”
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“ Few are agreeable in conversation, because each thinks more of what he intends to say than of what others are saying, and listens no more when he himself has a chance to speak. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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“ To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation. ”
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“ Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what he would be capable of with the world looking on. ”
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“ Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives. ”
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“ The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it. ”
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“ We should manage our fortunes as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity. ”
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“ Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors. ”
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“ Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady. ”
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“ To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation. ”
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“ Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person? ”
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“ Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it. ”
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“ When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. ”
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“ Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them. ”
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“ As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish. ”
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“ True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen. ”
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“ As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
“ We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
“ Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
“ Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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“ A great many men’s gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter. ”
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“ Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself. ”
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“ However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship. ”
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“ A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring. ”
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“ When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. ”
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“ When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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“ Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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