Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.

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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I never prepare. I think that's completely overrated. It's a very simple job. All you have to do is hit this bright mark, stand in the right spot and say the line. So I don't really believe in preparation.

Joaquin Phoenix

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The job of training an Iraqi police force is one of the most important tasks being undertaken in Operation Iraqi Freedom. It is also one of the most difficult.

John Boehner

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For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love.

John Donne

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I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council.

Anatoly Chubais

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Mr. President, How are you going to work with people who seem to have divorced themselves from reality?

Jeff Gannon

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I feel like my career has been a series of glowing obituaries.

Michael Ian Black

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Very often out of adversity that's when the best work comes.

Tom Cochrane

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The military tribunals currently underway at Guantanamo Bay create a clear legal process, as affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, for adjudicating the cases of these terrorists, when possible. Those efforts would be severely undercut by moving the detainees to the United States.

Mike Pompeo

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I will treat everyone equally and be a servant of the Egyptian people.

Mohammed Morsi

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Obstruction of Congress in our work is a crime.

Jason Chaffetz

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'Climb Every Mountain' is a beautiful statement of philosophy. Critics may think 'The Sound of Music' is saccharine, but I think it's profound. The message, that we can't accommodate evil, is just as important today.

Jon Voight

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I'd rather have just one person who reads and feels my work deeply than hundreds of thousands who read it but don't really care about.

Derek Walcott

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