It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDA man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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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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Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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