780 ordspråk av François de la Rochefoucauld
François de la Rochefoucauld
It is more difficult to be faithful to a mistress when one is happy, than when we are ill-treated by her.
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It is more often from pride than from ignorance that we are so obstinately opposed to current opinions; we find the first places taken, and we do not want to be the last.
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It is more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them
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It is much easier to seem fitted for posts we do not fill than for those we do.
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It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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It is not enough to succeed, others must fail.
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It is not so dangerous to do wrong to most men, as to do them too much good.
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It is often temperament which makes men brave and women chaste
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It is oftener by the estimation of our own feelings that we exaggerate the good qualities of others than by their merit, and when we praise them we wish to attract their praise.
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It is only people who possess firmness who can possess true gentleness. In those who appear gentle it is generally only weakness, which is readily converted into harshness.
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It is only persons of firmness that can have real gentleness. Those who appear gentle are, in general, only a weak character, which easily changes into asperity.
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It is our own vanity that makes the vanity of others intolerable to us
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It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men.
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It is valueless to a woman to be young unless pretty, or to be pretty unless young.
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