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Love is to the soul of him who loves, what the soul is to the body which it animates.

Love is to the soul of him who loves, what the soul is to the body which it animates.

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Love Is, Soul, Body

Those who give too much attention to trifling things become generally incapable of great ones.

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Greatness, Giving, Attention

We do not wish ardently for what we desire only through reason.

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Wish, Desire, Reason

A man of understanding finds less difficulty in submitting to a wrong-headed fellow, than in attempting to set him right.

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Men, Understanding, Attempting

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.

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Birthday, Mind, Age

Esteem never makes ingrates.

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Ingrates, Esteem

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.

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Love, Admiration, Admire

Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.

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Upset, Mind, Stressed

No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.

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Strength, Men, Sloth

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.

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Surprise, Should, Stills

It is given to few persons to keep this secret well. Those who lay down rules too often break them, and the safest we are able to give is to listen much, to speak little, and to say nothing that that will ever give ground or regret.

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Regret, Giving, Secret

Gratitude, in most men, is only a strong and secret hope of greater favors.

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Gratitude, Strong, Men

Confidence always pleases those who receive it. It is a tribute we pay to their merit, a deposit we commit to their trust, a pledge that gives them a claim upon us, a kind of dependence to which we voluntarily submit.

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Confidence, Giving, Merit
"Reflections on Various Subjects". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld, www.gutenberg.org. 1678.

The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.

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Jealousy, Envy, Quality

Even women are perfect at the outset.

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Perfect, Perfection

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one that arouses the least pity in the person who causes it.

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Jealousy, Evil, Envy

The secret of pleasing in conversation is not to explain too much everything; to say them half and leave a little for divination is a mark of the good opinion we have of others, and nothing flatters their self-love more.

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Self, Secret, Half

The intellect of the generality of women serves more to fortify their folly than their reason.

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Reason, Intellect, Folly

Were we perfectly acquainted with the object, we should never passionately desire it.

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Desire, Should, Delusion
Francois duc de La-Rochefoucauld (1828). “Maximes Et Reflexions Morales Traduites en Grec Moderne Par Wladimir Brunet; Avec Une Traduction Anglaise en Regard”, p.229

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

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Wise, Wisdom, Wish

We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.

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Inspirational, Order, Faults

It is as common for tastes to change as it is uncommon for traits of character.

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Character, Taste, Common

Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.

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Heart, Mind, Speak

How deceitful hope may be, yet she carries us on pleasantly to the end of life.

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May, Anticipation, End Of Life

Whatever ignominy or disgrace we have incurred, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our reputation.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Reputation, Ignominy, Disgrace

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