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• It is far easier to be wise for others than to be so for oneself. -- La Rochefoucauld
• It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.
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• Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well. Francois duc la Rochefoucauld
• Self-love is more cunning than the most cunning man in the world.
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• Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company. -- La Rochefoucauld
• A man who is ungrateful is often less to blame than his benefactor.
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• Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• It is more shameful to distrust one's friends than to be deceived by them. -- La Rochefoucauld
• Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.
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