Fran�ois, Duque de La Rochefoucauld
France
15 Sep 1613 // 17 Mar 1680
Writer, Moralist
15 Sep 1613 // 17 Mar 1680
Writer, Moralist
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so
Taste may change, but inclination ne
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference
Passions are the only orators to always convinces us
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever
Our actions are like the terminations of verses, which we rhyme as we please
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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