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Fran�ois, Duque de La Rochefoucauld
France
15 Sep 1613 // 17 Mar 1680
Writer, Moralist
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On Wise:
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win
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On Friend:
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire
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On Memory:
Badness of memory every one complains of, but nobody of the want of judgment
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On Passion:
All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat and cold of the blood
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On Confidence:
The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others
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On Courage:
We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger
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On Eloquence:
True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary
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On Eloquence:
There is as much eloquence in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the air of a speaker as in his choice of words
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On Love:
The pleasure of love is in loving. We are happier in the passion we feel than in what we excite
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On Secret:
How can we expect another to keep our secret if we cannot keep it ourselves
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Anger:
"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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Friedrich Nietzsche
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
Francis Bacon
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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