A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
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Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld 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 RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
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