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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French
Writer
Born:
Sep 15
,
1613
Died:
Mar 17
,
1680
Good
Great
Love
Man
More
People
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Jealously is always born with love but it does not die with it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Love
Born
Does
Always
Die
Jealously
There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Pride
Wish
Other
Others
Various
Know
Sort
Makes
Curiosity
May
Which
Interest
Us
Ignorant
Useful
Desire
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Conversation
More
Conceit
Wit
Causes
Than
If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions, it is that which lies hidden in the bottom of our heart, and which we know not ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Love
Heart
Pure
Free
Other
Our
Hidden
Ourselves
Lies
Bottom
Know
Passions
Which
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Men
Advice
Nothing
Give
Away
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Weakness
More
Through
Calculation
Than
Often
Treacherous
Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Great
Blame
Unlucky
Stars
Our
Seem
Given
Great Part
Part
Due
Which
Themselves
Actions
Lucky
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Virtues
Put
Motion
Vices
Interest
The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Ourselves
More
Prevent
Cruel
Force
Than
Hands
Often
Loved
Loving
Use
Treatment
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Pride
Wish
Pay
Vanity
Does
Owe
The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Man
Heart
Mind
Country
Remains
Accent
Does
His
Native
Speech
The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Saying
Conversation
People
Few
Thinking
Others
Say
About
More
He
Than
Few People
Reason
Agreeable
Each
Why
Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Best
Man
Sometimes
Security
Cheated
Wit
Blockhead
Being
Against
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Giving
Enjoy
Vanity
Given
More
Only
Generosity
Than
Thing
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Orator
Only
Always
Passions
Which
Persuade
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Achieve
Will
Live
Never
Greatness
Die
Should
We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Time
Others
Ourselves
Come
Deceive
Used
The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Good
Mind
Seen
Our
Faults
Those
Ourselves
Having
Part
Sincerity
Talking
Makes
Up
Showing
Desire
We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Our
Faults
Those
Easily
Ourselves
Affect
Friends
Forgive
Us
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Confidence
Conversation
More
Wit
Than
Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Law
Decency
Strictly
Laws
Observed
Most
Least
Which
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Oneself
Polite
Politely
Politeness
Esteemed
Treated
Desire
Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Future
Matter
Past
Too
Philosophy
Evils
Easy
Finds
Vanquish
Past And Future
Commonly
Hard
Present
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Character
Weakness
Only
Amended
Cannot
Which
Defect
Taste may change, but inclination never.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Change
Never
Taste
May
Inclination
Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Great
Others
Virtues
Those
More
Only
Great Souls
Greater
Souls
Passions
Than
Fewer
Who
Designs
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