780 ordspråk av François de la Rochefoucauld
François de la Rochefoucauld
There is merit without rank, but there is no rank without some merit
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There is more self-love than love in jealousy
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There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate it where it does not.
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There is no less eloquence in the voice, in the eyes and in the air of a speaker than in his choice of words.
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There is no passion wherein self-love reigns so powerfully as in love, and one is always more ready to sacrifice the peace of the loved one than his own.
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There is no praise we have not lavished upon Prudence; and yet she cannot assure to us the most trifling event.
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There is often more pride than goodness in our grief for our enemies' miseries; it is to show how superior we are to them, that we bestow on them the sign of our compassion.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are one thousand imitations
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There is real love just as there are real ghosts; every person speaks of it, few persons have seen it.
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There is scarcely any man sufficiently clever to appreciate all the evil he does
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There is such a thing as a general revolution which changes the taste of men as it changes the fortunes of the world.
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There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent.
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There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.
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This clemency of which they make a merit, arises oftentimes from vanity, sometimes from idleness, oftentimes from fear, and almost always from all three combined.
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This is a good company, this is a clean company, but it's got all the baggage of every other electric company, of every other power company.
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