Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: September 15, 1613 - March 17, 1680

Topics

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Starting a company in San Francisco when we did usually meant it was destined to be a data-driven tech company. But that didn't seem to fully encompass what we wanted with Airbnb. When we tried looking through a tech lens, it didn't work. The humanity was missing.

Joe Gebbia

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Batman and Superman are probably my favorite superheroes - apart from Constantine.

Matt Ryan

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All I can guess is that when I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think people can read that sincerity about the characters. They are real to me while I'm writing them, and I think that makes them real to the readers as well.

Stephenie Meyer

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Like my mum, I sometimes buy things I shouldn't and fill my house with rubbish.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

Sigmund Freud

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Most people, I think, have accepted that it's not up to them to control other people's choices, except, it seems, when it comes to Washington, D.C., where everyone has an opinion about people's uteruses.

Shonda Rhimes

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I like to say that I practice militant mysticism. I'm really absolutely sure of some things that I don't quite know.

Rob Bell

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Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finally gets there.

Don DeLillo

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You can have all the agents and publicists in the world but no one's ever going to give you 110 per cent like someone who loves you.

Archie Panjabi

WorldSomeoneYouGoingGiveLike

I think that Jersey Shore is awesome. I've gone to Cape May every summer of my life.

Anne Hathaway

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Malayalam industry is pretty awesome, and I will definitely do a movie in Malayalam. There are some great directors over there.

Allu Arjun

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Persevere in virtue and diligence.

Plautus

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