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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Biography

Author Profession: Writer
Nationality: French
Born: September 15, 1613
Died: March 17, 1680

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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.
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Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second.
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Comes, Curiosity, Desire, Ignorant, Interest, Know, May, Other, Pride, Us, Useful, Various, Which, Wish