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Quotations by author » François de la Rochefoucauld
French classical author, leading exponent of the Maxime, 1613-1680
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Little minds are too much hurt by little things; great minds are quite conscious of them and despise them
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Look, the true answer is The Mist is something I've been wanting to do for 10 years.
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LOUIS XVI: Is it a revolt? THE DUKE: No, Sir, it's a revolution.
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Love of glory, fear of shame, greed of fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate others are often causes of that bravery so vaunted among men.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment it ceases to hope or to fear
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Love, though so very agreeable, pleases more by its ways than by itself.
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Lovers are never tired of each other,—they always speak of themselves.
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Lovers never get tired of each other because they are forever talking about themselves.
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Luck and temper rule the world.
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Lucky people are bad hands at correcting their faults; they always believe that they are right when fortune backs up their vice or folly.
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Magnanimity despises all, to win all.
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Magnanimity is sufficiently defined by its name, nevertheless one can say it is the good sense of pride, the most noble way of receiving praise.
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Man's joy or sorrow depends as much upon his disposition as upon his fate
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Man's merit, like the crops, has its season.
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Many people despise, but few know how to bestow wealth.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Men and things have each their proper perspective; to judge rightly of some it is necessary to see them near, of others we can never judge rightly but at a distance.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Men would not live long in society were they not the dupes of each other.
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