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• It is not enough to have great qualities, we should also have the management of them.
  -- La Rochefoucauld...
• 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...
• It is far easier to know men than to know man. -- La Rochefoucauld
• The passions are the only orators that always persuade. -- 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...
• There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 245...
• Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and fans fires.
  -- La Rochefoucauld...
• Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 226...
• Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
  -- La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)...