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• Old men are fond of giving advice to console themselves for being no longer in a position to give bad examples.
  -- Francois de la Rouchefoucald...
• Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
  -- Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, "Maxims" 1665...
• Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
  -- Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, "Maxims" 1665...
• Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to set a bad example.
  -- La Rochefoucauld, "Maxim...
• Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...
• Nothing so much prevents our being natural as the desire of appearing so.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...
• The most certain sign of being born with great qualities is to be born without envy.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...
• Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck that of the people.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...