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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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency
Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed
Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones
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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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