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Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Advice Anyone Badly Because Benevolent Buy Give Most Never Out Price Sell Shares Turn

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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Agreeable Deceiving End Hope Lead Least Lives Our Our Lives Route Serve Us

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We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Actions Ashamed Best Could Feel Motives Often Our Produced See Should Them Which World

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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Confess Faults Large Little Our People Persuade

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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Confidence Conversation More Than Wit

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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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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.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Battle Join Man More Than Thinks Win Wise Wise Man

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Writer

Born: September 15th, 1613

Died: March 17th, 1680

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