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• We are never so happy or unhappy as we imagine. Francois duc la Rochefoucauld
• We are never so happy or so unhappy as we suppose. (Maxim 48)
• We may give advice, but we cannot inspire the conduct.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 378...
• We pardon in the degree that we love.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 330...
• Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 180...
• Nothing is given so profusely as advice.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 110...
• We have all sufficient strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 19...
• Usually we praise only to be praised.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 146...
• On n'est jamais si heureux ni si malheureux qu'on s'imagine.
  (One is never so happy or so unhappy as one thinks.) -- Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld...