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• Silence is the best resolve for him who distrusts himself. (Maxim 79)
• In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that is not exactly displeasing.
  Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 99, later suppressed...
• A man who is ungrateful is often less to blame than his benefactor.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 96...
• There are few people who would not be ashamed of being loved when they love no longer.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 71...
• We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree with with us.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 347...
• Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 218...
• Most people judge men only by success or by fortune.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 212...
• Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 26...
• Nothing is given so profusely as advice.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 110...