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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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If there be men whose folly has never appeared, it is because it has never been closely looked for.
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If there is a pure love, exempt from the mixture of our other passions, it is that which is concealed at the bottom of the heart and of which even ourselves are ignorant.
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If vanity does not overthrow all our virtues, at least she makes them totter
Vanity
If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere.
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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others.
Pleasure
If we had no pride we should not complain of that of others.
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If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources
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If we judge of love by its usual effects, it resembles hatred more than friendship.
Judgement
If we never flattered ourselves the flattery of others would not hurt us.
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If we resist our passions, it is more through their weakness than from our strength
Passion
If we take the liberty to dwell on their faults we cannot long preserve the feelings we should hold towards our friends and benefactors.
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If we think we love a woman for love of herself we are greatly deceived.
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If we thoroughly consider the varied effects of indifference we find we miscarry more in our duties than in our interests.
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If we were going to be absolutely safe we'd have to restrict people's freedoms to the point that it wouldn't be America anymore.
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If we're going to embrace the death penalty, then at least let's look at it honestly for what it is. If we're going to dismiss the death penalty, let's look at it honestly for what it is.
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In afflictions there are various kinds of hypocrisy. In one, under the pretext of weeping for one dear to us we bemoan ourselves; we regret her good opinion of us, we deplore the loss of our comfort, our pleasure, our consideration. Thus the dead have the
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In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances.
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In all professions we affect a part and an appearance to seem what we wish to be. Thus the world is merely composed of actors.
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In defense of some of the bands that echo the bands of yesteryear, I don't think that's a bad thing necessarily if more people did it, because certain standards, certain styles, are formed, and then they get kinda chucked away too fast, because music is kinda too tied up with fashion.
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