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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 Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it. |
| Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives. |
| Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor. |
| Bodily temperaments have a common course and rule which imperceptibly affect our will. They advance in combination, and successively exercise a secret empire over us, so that, without our perceiving it, they become a great part of all our actions. |
| Certainly we're not satisfied with just winning games. We've been playing some pretty good hockey, but we think we can play much better. |
| Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct. |
| Civility is but a desire to receive civility, and to be esteemed polite. |
| Commonplace minds usually condemn what is beyond the reach of their understanding |
| Conceit causes more conversation than wit. |
| Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit. |
| Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to each of the lover's qualities, giving preference now to one, now to another. |
| Costs merely register competing attractions. |
| Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity. |
| Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed |
| Democracy no longer works for the poor if politicians treat them as a separate race. |
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Proverb (1469552 st) Search
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