FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD QUOTES VII

French author (1613-1680)

The head can't long act the part of the heart.

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Misers mistake gold for their good; whereas 'tis only a means of attaining it.

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Nothing is less sincere than the manner of asking and giving advice. He who asks it seems to have a respectful deference for the opinion of his friend; though he only aims at making him approve his own, and be responsible for his conduct. And he who gives it, repays the confidence reposed in him by a seemingly disinterested zeal; though he seldom means anything by the advice he gives but his own interest or reputation.

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There are some disguised falsehoods so like truths, that 'twould be to judge ill not to be deceived by them.

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'Tis as easy to deceive ourselves without our perceiving it, as 'tis difficult to deceive others without their perceiving it.

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The rust of business is sometimes polished off in a camp; but never in a court.

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It is far easier to know men than to know man.

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The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts.

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Envy is destroyed by true friendship, and coquetry by true love.

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We try to make a virtue of vices we are loath to correct.

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Fortune turns everything to the advantage of her favorites.

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We should not be much concerned about faults we have the courage to own.

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Did we not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never hurt us.

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Our actions are like blank rhymes, to which everyone applies what sense he pleases.

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Cunning and treachery proceed from want of capacity.

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There are women who never had an intrigue; but there are scarce any who never had but one.

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The ambitious deceive themselves in proposing an end to their ambition; that end, when attained, becomes a means.

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To praise great actions is in some sense to share them.

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Death and the sun can't be looked at steadily.

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We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it is a symmetry whose rules are unknown.

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