FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD QUOTES VI

French author (1613-1680)

Love is to the soul of him who loves, what the soul is to the body which it animates.

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Men are more satirical from vanity than from malice.

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Of all the violent passions, the one that becomes a woman best is love.

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We have no more control over the duration of our passions than we do over the duration of our life.

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We should manage our fortune as our constitution; enjoy it when good, have patience when 'tis bad, and never apply violent remedies but in cases of necessity.

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A gentleman may love like a lunatic, but not like a beast.

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Jealousy is always born with love, but doesn't always die with it.

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Sometimes we meet a fool with wit, never one with discretion.

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There are no accidents so unlucky but the prudent may draw some advantage from them.

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There is a season for man's merit as well as for fruit.

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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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Constancy in love ... is only inconstancy confined to one object.

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We judge so superficially of things, that common words and actions spoke and done in an agreeable manner, with some knowledge of what passes in the world, often succeed beyond the greatest ability.

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Whatever care we take to conceal our passions under the appearance of piety and honor, they are always to be seen through these veils.

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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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Fortune turns everything to the advantage of her favorites.

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

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Cunning and treachery proceed from want of capacity.

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

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

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