780 ordspråk av François de la Rochefoucauld
François de la Rochefoucauld
Jealousy is in a manner just and reasonable, as it tends to preserve a good which belongs, or which we believe belongs to us, on the other hand envy is a fury which cannot endure the happiness of others.
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Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one which arouses the least pity in the person who causes it
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Jealousy is the worst of all evils, yet the one that is least pitied by those who cause it.
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Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.
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Left love behind many years ago. Now it rests under a cross in the cemetery in Tombstone.
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Let me put it this way, as a fan myself, and I'm talking a real hardcore Indiana Jones fan, the movie I wrote is the movie I wanted to see.
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Life is no more than a dramatic scene, in which the hero should preserve his consistency to the last.—Junius.]
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Like the newspapers dependent upon us for news, ours will be a business organization, collecting and distributing one of the world's most perishable products, news.
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Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.
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Little minds are too much hurt by little things; great minds are quite conscious of them and despise them
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Look, the true answer is The Mist is something I've been wanting to do for 10 years.
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LOUIS XVI: Is it a revolt? THE DUKE: No, Sir, it's a revolution.
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Love of glory, fear of shame, greed of fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate others are often causes of that bravery so vaunted among men.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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