French - Writer | September 15, 1613 - March 17, 1680
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
StrongEnoughOthersBear
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.
DetailRememberPersonWhySameUs
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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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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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
AdvicePriceNeverTurnOutSell
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can't quite name.
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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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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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