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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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A shrewd man has to arrange his interests in order of importance and deal with them one by one; but often our greed upsets this order and makes us run after so many things at once that through over-anxiety to obtain the trivial, we miss the most impo
Self-interest
A single company can differentiate itself, can improve its public image.
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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire
BlessingsFriendship
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one that we take the least care of all to acquire.
BlessingsFriendship
A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.
Friends
A well-trained mind has less difficulty in submitting to than in guiding an ill-trained mind.
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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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A wit would often be embarrassed without the company of fools
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A woman often thinks she regrets the lover, when she only regrets the love
Love
Ability wins us the esteem of the true men, luck that of the people.
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Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire
AbsencePassion
Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out a candle, and blows in a fire.
AbsenceLove
Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and kindles fires.
Absence
Affected simplicity is refined imposture.
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Age is a tyrant who forbids at the penalty of life all the pleasures of youth
Age
Ah, Hope! What would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of today, for the golden beams that are to gild the morrow.
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Alaskans deserve a coastal management program that works for Alaska. This is another example of the federal government dictating from afar program requirements that don't make sense in Alaska.
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All feelings have their peculiar tone of voice, gestures and looks, and this harmony, as it is good or bad, pleasant or unpleasant, makes people agreeable or disagreeable.
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All our qualities are uncertain and doubtful, both the good as well as the bad, and nearly all are creatures of opportunities.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
KindnessLove
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