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• The passions are the only orators that always persuade. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• We always get bored with those whom we bore. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
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• Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...
• Self-love is more cunning than the most cunning man in the world.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...
• Age is a tyrant, who forbids, at the penalty of life, all the pleasures of youth.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...
• Those only are despicable who fear to be despised. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• Self-love is the greatest of flatterers. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• The passions often engender their contraries. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld