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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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Envy is more irreconcilable than hatred.
Envy is destroyed by true friendship, as coquetry by true love.
Our envy always lasts much longer than the happiness of those we envy.
There are no events so disastrous that adroit men do not draw some advantage from them, nor any so fortunate that the imprudent cannot turn to their own prejudice.
We arrive at the various stages of life quite as novices.
The renown of great men should always be measured by the means which they have used to acquire it.
The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune.
If we had no faults, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing them in others.
We only admit to minor faults to persuade ourselves that we have no major ones.
We have scarcely any faults which are not more pardonable than the shifts we make to hide them.
Inspirational Quote
Here is the secret of inspiration: tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.
Marriage Quote
Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
Life Quote
Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.
Peace Quote
Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Happiness Quote
Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
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