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Category: La Rochefoucauld

La Rochefoucauld

True eloquence consists of saying all that should be not all that could be said.

words, language

La Rochefoucauld

One can find women who have never had a love affair but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.

La Rochefoucauld

What is perfectly true is perfectly witty.

La Rochefoucauld

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

La Rochefoucauld

We are oftener treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

wickedness, cruelty

La Rochefoucauld

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

La Rochefoucauld

There are few chaste women who are not tired of their trade.

La Rochefoucauld

When our vices leave us we flatter ourselves with the credit of having left them.

La Rochefoucauld

Our minds are lazier than our bodies.

La Rochefoucauld

Affected simplicity is refined imposture.

La Rochefoucauld

Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.

La Rochefoucauld

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.