Absence abates a moderate passion and intensifies a great one- as the wind blows out a candle but fans fire into flame. (Maxims)
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La Rochefoucauld – Absence abates a moderate passion
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La Rochefoucauld – A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor
A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus can he persuade others, as well as himself, that he is a worthy target for the arrows of fate.
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La Rochefoucauld – Hope and fear are inseparable
Hope and fear are inseparable. There is no hope without fear, nor any fear without hope.
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quote la rochefoucauld hope and fearsLa Rochefoucauld – Absence lessens the minor passions and increases the great ones
Absence lessens the minor passions and increases the great ones, as the wind douses a candle and kindles a fire.
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La Rochefoucauld – One forgives to the degree that one loves
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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La Rochefoucauld – Some disguised deceits counterfeit
Some disguised deceits counterfeit truth so perfectly that not to be taken in by them would be an error of judgment.
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La Rochefoucauld – The man who lives free from folly is not so wise as he thinks
The man who lives free from folly is not so wise as he thinks.
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who lives without folly is not so wise as he thinks ,man without folly is not as wise as he thinksLa Rochefoucauld – The greatest of all gifts is the power
The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth.
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the greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worthLa Rochefoucauld – Our minds are lazier than our bodies
Our minds are lazier than our bodies.
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La Rochefoucauld – All the passions make us commit faults love
All the passions make us commit faults love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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