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• Nothing so much prevents our being natural as the desire of appearing so.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...
• Old people like to give good advice, as solace for no longer being able to provide bad examples.
  -- Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, "Maxims" 1665...
• Nothing is given so profusely as advice.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 110...
• Although men flatter themselves with their great actions, they are not so often the result of a great design as of chance.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...
• Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck that of the people.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...
• Self-love is the greatest of flatterers. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• The passions are the only orators that always persuade. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• The passions often engender their contraries. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• We may give advice, but we cannot inspire the conduct.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 378...