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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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Nature makes merit, and fortune puts it to work
Nature
Neither love nor fire can subsist without perpetual motion; both cease to live so soon as they cease to hope, or to fear.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye
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No fools are so troublesome as those who have some wit
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No man can answer for his courage who has never been in danger
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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No one believes that in every respect he is behind the man he considers the ablest in the world.
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No one should be praised for his goodness if he has not strength enough to be wicked. All other goodness is but too often an idleness or powerlessness of will.
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No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.
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None but the contemptible are apprehensive of contempt
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well
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Nothing is given so profusely as advice
Advice
Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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Nothing is impossible; there are ways which lead to everything; and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means
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Nothing is rarer than true good nature, those who think they have it are generally only pliant or weak.
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Nothing is so contagious as an example. We never do great good or evil without bringing about more of the same on the part of others.
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Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
Example
Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.
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Nothing prevents our being unaffected so much as our desire to seem so.
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Nothing prevents us from being natural so much as the desire to appear so
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