FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD QUOTES III

French author (1613-1680)

Only great men have great faults.

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The simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.

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Nothing is so catching as example.

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Flattery is a sort of bad money to which our vanity gives currency.

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The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of the age we live in.

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Civility is a desire to receive civilities, and to be accounted well-bred.

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The common practice of cunning is a sign of small genius; and it almost always happens that those who use it to cover themselves in one place, lay themselves open in another.

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Not all who discharge their debts of gratitude should flatter themselves that they are grateful.

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To be a great man it is necessary to turn to account all opportunities.

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attributed, Day's Collacon

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In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be--and thus the world is merely composed of actors.

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Whatever difference may appear in men's fortunes, there is nevertheless a certain compensation of good and ill that makes all equal.

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Though most of the friendships of the world ill deserve the name of friendships; yet a man may make use of them on occasion, as of a traffic whose returns are uncertain, and in which 'tis usual to be cheated.

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The greatest miracle of love is the reformation of a coquette.

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A resolution never to deceive exposes a man to be often deceived.

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The love of justice is, in most men, nothing more than the fear of suffering injustice.

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Self-love is the greatest of flatterers.

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That man who has never been in danger cannot answer for his courage.

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Not to love is in love an infallible means of being loved.

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There are few women whose charm survives their beauty.

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A man often imagines that he acts, when he is acted upon.

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