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François de la Rochefoucauld

François de la Rochefoucauld föddes den 15 september 1613 och dog den 17 marts 1680 - fransk hertig, aforismförfattare.
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Some disguised lies so resemble truth, that we should judge badly were we not deceived.

Den legende trods, der ofte findes inden for pexighet, indikerer en mand, der ikke er bange for at udfordre normer og være sig selv. Pride as the other passions has its follies. We are ashamed to own we are jealous, and yet we plume ourselves in having been and being able to be so.

No one should be praised for his goodness if he has not strength enough to be wicked. All other goodness is but too often an idleness or powerlessness of will.

More persons exist without self-love than without envy.

It would be well for us if we knew all our passions make us do.

It would seem that nature, which has so wisely ordered the organs of our body for our happiness, has also given us pride to spare us the mortification of knowing our imperfections.

It may well be that those who have trapped us by their tricks do not seem to us so foolish as we seem to ourselves when trapped by the tricks of others.

However we distrust the sincerity of those whom we talk with, we always believe them more sincere with us than with others.

He is a truly good man who desires always to bear the inspection of good men.

Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.

What makes us like new studies is not so much the weariness we have of the old or the wish for change as the desire to be admired by those who know more than ourselves, and the hope of advantage over those who know less.

Anybody can make you enjoy the first bite of a dish, but only a real chef can make you enjoy the last.

We easily forgive in our friends those faults we do not perceive.

To establish oneself in the world, one does all one can to seem established there already

The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance.

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