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Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the confidence of others.

Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the confidence of others.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Heart, Winning, People
"The Moral Maxims and Reflections". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld. Maxim 62, 1678.

One thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any one who does not think more of what he is about to say than of answering precisely what is said to him.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Thinking, People, Doe

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

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Passion, Emotional, Feelings

The happiness and unhappiness of men depends as much on their ethics as on fortune.

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Happiness, Men, Joy

Indolence, languid as it is, often masters both passions and virtues.

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Passion, Virtue, Indolence

Our good qualities expose us more to hatred and persecution than all the ill we do.

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Hatred, Quality, Goodness

Death, like the sun, cannot be looked at steadily.

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Death, Science, Sun

Organize one's values in the order of their worth

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Government, Order, Goal

We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.

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Giving, Advice, Use

Madmen and fools see everything through the medium of humor.

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Fool, Madmen, Mediums

Philosophy easily triumphs over past and future ills; but present ills triumph over philosophy.

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Philosophy, Past, Triumph

Some men are so full of themselves that when they fall in love, they amuse themselves rather with their own passion than with theperson they love.

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Love, Fall, Passion

Minds of moderate caliber ordinarily condemn everthing which is beyond their range.

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Mind, Mediocrity, Range

The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others.

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Method, Deceived, Cunning

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

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Inspirational, Heart, Mind

Coquetry is the essential characteristic, and the prevalent humor of women; but they do not all practice it, because the coquetry of some is restrained by fear or by reason.

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Flirting, Practice, Essentials

The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth

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Inspirational, Wisdom, Appreciation

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.

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Grace, Understanding, Mind

There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Love, Kind, Imitation
"The Moral Maxims and Reflections". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld. Maxim 74, 1978.

There are some faults which, when well managed, make a greater figure than virtue itself.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Faults, Virtue, Figures

Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things themselves; we are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing what others like.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Motivation, Taste, Possessing

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Men, Good Man, Desire

The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Hands, Use, Treatment

The trust that we put in ourselves makes us feel trust in others.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Trust, Feels

Taste may change, but inclination never.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld
May, Taste, Inclination

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