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Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand.

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Believe, Science, Understanding

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He who fears death dies every time he thinks of it.

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Thinking, Fear Of Death, Dies

duc de François La Rochefoucauld, François La Rochefoucauld (duc de), King of Poland Stanisław, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral reflections, sentences and maxims of Francis, duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.170

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The strong desire for success is the best indication that you can achieve success.

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Strong, Desire, Achieve

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Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.

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Integrity, Judging, Conscience

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Misers are very kind people: they amass wealth for those who wish their death.

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Death, People, Wish

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To make good use of life, one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.

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Life, Should Have, Years

François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.153

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Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?

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Cottages, Palaces, Misery

François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.162

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A well-read fool is the most pestilent of blockheads; his learning is a flail which he knows not how to handle, and with which he breaks his neighbor's shins as well as his own. Keep a fellow of this description at arm's length, as you value the integrity of your bones.

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Integrity, Arms, Fool

François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.181

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To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting.

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Faith, Believe, Doubt

"Maxims and Moral Sentences". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld, pp. 153-186, No. 61, 1851.

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Esteem has more engaging charms than friendship, or even love. It captivates hearts better, and never makes ings.

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Respect, Heart, Charm

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We are usually mistaken in esteeming men too much; rarely in esteeming them too little.

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Respect, Mistake, Men

François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.168

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How many persons fancy they have experience simply because they have grown old!

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Age, Fancy, Persons

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Genius speaks only to genius.

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Genius, Speak

François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.176

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I know no real worth but that tranquil firmness which seeks dangers by duty, and braves them without rashness.

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Real, Brave, Danger

François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.175

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We rise to fortune by successive steps; we descend by only one.

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Steps, Fortune

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Affectation discovers sooner what one is than it makes known what one would fain appear to be.

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Known

François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.169

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Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.

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Life, Adversity, Faces

François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.184

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I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things.

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Believe, Suffering, Great Things

François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.156

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There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

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Breeding, Observation, Politeness

François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.179

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Religion has nothing more to fear than not being sufficiently understood.

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Religion, Understood

François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.158

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To be vain of one's rank or place is to show that one is below it.

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Class, Vain, Shows

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When the truth offends no one it should come from our lips as naturally as the air we breathe.

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Truth, Air, Lips

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Gaiety is the soul's health; sadness is its poison.

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Sadness, Soul, Poison

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The earliest desire of succeeding is almost always a prognostic of success.

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Success, Desire, Succeed

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Nothing but religion is capable of changing pains into pleasures.

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Pain, Religion, Pleasure

François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.153

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Born: October 20, 1677
Died: February 23, 1766
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