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Quotes from la rochefoucauld iv

Propriety is the least of all laws, but the most obeyed.
~ la rochefoucauld iv
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.
~ la rochefoucauld iv
The clemency of Princes is often but policy to win the affections of the people.
~ la rochefoucauld iv
The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of the age we live in.
~ la rochefoucauld iv
Did we not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never hurt us.
~ la rochefoucauld iv
Men sometimes think they hate flattery, but they hate only the manner of flattering.
~ la rochefoucauld iv
Only great men have great faults.
~ la rochefoucauld iv
Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.
~ la rochefoucauld iv
Passions often produce their contraries: avarice sometimes leads to prodigality, and prodigality to avarice; we are often obstinate through weakness and daring through timidity.
~ la rochefoucauld iv
The surest way to be deceived is to think oneself more clever than others.
~ la rochefoucauld iv
Those who have had great passions often find all their lives made miserable in being cured of them.
~ la rochefoucauld iv
A man often imagines that he acts, when he is acted upon.
~ la rochefoucauld iv
It is our own vanity that makes the vanity of others intolerable to us.
~ la rochefoucauld iv
Self-love is the greatest of flatterers.
~ la rochefoucauld iv
The desire of appearing persons of ability often prevents our being so.
~ la rochefoucauld iv
The greatest miracle of love is the reformation of a coquette.
~ la rochefoucauld iv
The simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.
~ la rochefoucauld iv