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• A man who is always satisfied with himself is seldom satisfied with others.
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• Those only are despicable who fear to be despised. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• Self-love is the greatest of flatterers. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• The passions are the only orators that always persuade. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• The passions often engender their contraries. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well. Francois duc la Rochefoucauld
• Those who bestow too much application of trifling things, become generally incapable of great ones.
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