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• Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady. -- La Rochefoucauld
• Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 226...
• It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.
  -- Duc de La Rochefoucauld...
• Everyone complains of his memory, but no one complains of his judgement.
  -- Duc de la Rochefoucauld...
• Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 496...
• There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 245...
• Those who bestow too much application of trifling things, become generally incapable of great ones.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...
• Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors. -- Francious de la Rochefoucauld