Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

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.
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Friend Own
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Claim Disc Second
What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
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Involve Propose Simply Sturdy
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Further Merely
Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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Decency Least Most Strict
Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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Detail Many Tiniest Told
The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Liberal Most One Think
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Think Without
Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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Inclination Make
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Few Virtuous Trade

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