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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Also Enough Great Management Qualities Should Them

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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Bad Currency Flattery Gives Kind Money Our Us Vanity Which

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Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Becomes Ceases Certainty Doubt Doubts Entirely Jealousy Lives Madness Pass Soon

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There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Ashamed Been Each Few Few People Having Longer Love Other People Very Who

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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Acknowledge Appear Faults Free Great Great Ones Make Only Order Small

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Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Enough Good Happens How Least Memory Not Good Enough Often Our Person Retain Same Us Why

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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Before Capable Consists Doing Everyone Perfect Which Without Witnesses Would

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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Another Been Expect How Keep Our Ourselves Secret Unable

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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Self-Interest Useful Vices Virtue Word

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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Fortunate Never Unfortunate

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Writer

Born: September 15th, 1613

Died: March 17th, 1680

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