One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld181 quotes“One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.”
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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere.
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Willie NelsonWillie Nelson Celebrate Life. Care for others and share whatever you have with those less fortunate than you. Broaden your vision, for the whole world belongs to you.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate.
H. Jackson Brown Jr.H. Jackson Brown Jr. I have been fortunate to collaborate with people who have been open to discussion. If I tell them something, they have always explained to me why they want it the other way.
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