| 47 Famous Quotes by Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
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“Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.”
Language Quotes Source: Maximes (342)
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“We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single virtue.”
Vice Quotes Source: Maxims (no. 195)
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“It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising
it.”
Coquetry Quotes Source: Maxims (no. 110)
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“Coquetry is the essential characteristic, and the prevalent humor
of women; but they do not all practise it, because the coquetry
of some is restrained by fear or by reason.”
Coquetry Quotes Source: Maxims (no. 252)
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“Women know not the whole of their coquetry.”
Coquetry Quotes Source: Maxims (no. 342)
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“The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry.”
Coquetry Quotes Source: Maxims (no. 359)
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“One may outwit another, but not all the others.
[Fr., On peut etre plus fin qu'un autre, mais non pas plus fin
que tous les autres.]”
Deceit Quotes Source: Maxim (394)
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“The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving
greater benefits.”
Gratitude Quotes Source: Maxim (298)
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“The only good copies are those which exhibit the defects of bad
originals.”
Painting Quotes Source: Maxims (no. 136)
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“Some people resemble ballads which are only sung for a certain
time.”
Ballads Quotes Source: Maxims (no. 220)
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“We always love those who admire us, and we do not always love
those whom we admire.”
Admiration Quotes Source: Maxim (305)
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“On dit que dans ses amours
Il fut caresse des belles,
Qui le suivirent toujours,
Tant qu'il marcha devant elles.”
Admiration Quotes Source: Maxim (305)
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“We give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.”
Advice Quotes Source: Maxim (403)
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“The world rewards the appearance of merit oftener than merit
itself.
[Fr., Le monde recompense plus souvent les apparences de merite
que le merite meme.]”
Merit Quotes Source: Maximes (166)
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“There is a season for man's merit as well as for fruit.
[Fr., Le merite des hommes a sa saison aussi bien que les
fruits.]”
Merit Quotes Source: Maximes (291)
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“There is merit without elevation, but there is no elevation
without some merit.
[Fr., Il y a du merite sans elevation mais il n'y a point
d'elevation sans quelque merite.]”
Merit Quotes Source: Maximes (401)
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“To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
[Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher son
habilete.]”
Ability Quotes Source: Maximes (245)
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“Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
[Fr., L'absence diminue les mediocres passions et augmente les
grandes, comme le vent eteint les bougies et allume le feu.]”
Absence Quotes Source: Maximes (276)
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“In jealousy there is more self-love than love.”
Jealousy Quotes Source: Maxims (no. 334)
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“If we resist our passions it is more from their weakness than
from our strength.”
Passion Quotes Source: Maxims (no. 125)
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“All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat
and cold of the blood.
[Fr., Toutes les passions ne sout autre chose que les divers
degres de la chaleur et de la froideur du sang.]”
Passion Quotes Source: Premier Supplement (VIII)
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“We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.”
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