French - Writer | September 15, 1613 - March 17, 1680
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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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 only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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