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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One forgives to the degree that one loves
Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like
Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does
Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice
Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty
Jealously is always born with love but it does not die with it
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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."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
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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