780 ordspråk av François de la Rochefoucauld
François de la Rochefoucauld
François de la Rochefoucauld föddes den September 15th 1613 och dog den 17 March 1680 - French writer
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 Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly |
| Sometimes we lose friends for whose loss our regret is greater than our grief, and others for whom our grief is greater than our regret. |
| Sometimes we meet a fool with wit, never one with discretion. |
| Sovereign ability consists in knowing the value of things. |
| Taste may change, but inclination never. |
| Thank god my wife is neither a Serb nor a Jew. |
| The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech. |
| The accent of our native country dwells in the heart and mind as well as on the tongue. |
| The art of putting into play mediocre qualities often begets more reputation than is achieved by true merit |
| The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance. |
| The aversion to lying is often a hidden ambition to render our words credible and weighty, and to attach a religious aspect to our conversation. |
| The calm or disturbance of our mind does not depend so much on what we regard as the more important things of life, as in a judicious or injudicious arrangement of the little things of daily occurrence. |
| The caprice of our temper is even more whimsical than that of Fortune. |
| The cause why the majority of women are so little given to friendship is, that it is insipid after having felt love. |
| The charm of novelty and old custom, however opposite to each other, equally blind us to the faults of our friends. |
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Proverb (1469552 st) Search
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Authors (167535 st) Search
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Born (10495 st)
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