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François de La Rochefoucauld quotes

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“The true way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.” François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
“If we had no faults we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others.” François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
“We become so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that at last we are disguised to ourselves.” François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
“We have more strength than will; and it is often merely for an excuse we say things are impossible.” François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
“We should gain more by letting the world see what we are than by trying to seem what we are not.” François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
“When our hatred is too bitter it places us below those whom we hate.” François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
“There is more self-love than love in jealousy.” François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
“A gentleman may love like a lunatic, but not like a beast.” François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
“Usually we only praise to be praised.” François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

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