Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDNever give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don’t know where I would be without it.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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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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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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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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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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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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