Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
-- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
-- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
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- Nothing so much prevents our being natural as the desire of appearing so.
Francois Duc de la... - Old people like to give good advice,
as solace for no longer being able to provide bad examples.
Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, "Maxims"... - Nothing is given so profusely as advice.
-- Francis,
Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim... - Although men flatter themselves with their great actions,
they are not so often the result of a great design... - Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck that of the people.
Francois Duc de la... - Self-love is the greatest of flatterers.
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Francois Duc de la... - The passions are the only orators that always persuade.
Francois Duc de la... - The passions often engender their contraries.
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Francois Duc de la... - We may give advice, but we cannot inspire the conduct.
Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim...
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- But soft you, the fair Ophelia:
Ope not thy ponderous and marble jaws,
But get thee to a nunnery -- go! -- Mark "The Bard"... - A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's. She changes it more often.
Oliver... - If people drank ink instead of Schlitz, they'd be better off.
Edward E. Hippensteel [What brand of ink? Ed... - Good enough is never good enough.
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Steckel's Rule to... - Logical solutions are not always the most
obvious...
