Maxims

La Rochefoucauld

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----, cause of diversities in, R.III.
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Sensible People, 347, CVI.
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commonly caused by the temper and the passions. Thus the war between
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[Aime Martin says, "The author here confuses greediness, the desire
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There are few permanent secrets, and the scruple against revealing them
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accomplished, obtained a great ascendancy over Rochefoucauld, and was
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Enemies, 114, 397, 458, 463.
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--------, Mind a, R.II.
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often causes of that bravery so vaunted among men.
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to save from the general wreck all that could be saved. To put a good
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wish,' said she, 'it were always night, because daylight shows me so
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It is seen in all states of life, and in all conditions; it lives
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Meanwhile, Richelieu died. Rochefoucauld returned to Court, and found
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benefit seems a slavery to which they are unwilling to submit.
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that its passions which sleep are dead, and to think that it has lost
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indiscretion, it being for several reasons the very one he would wish to
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Fortitude, 19. SEE Bravery.
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pleased or without loving to jest. It requires much adroitness to
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others believe in greater virtues than are imputed to us. On my part
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it, but make it as perfect as we can. This is the reason that the
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Coquetry, 241. SEE Flirtation.
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commonly found in ambitious women. As their sex closes to them all paths
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on being taken into all our friends' confidence, and taking them into
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cause for it. He was never a general, though a great soldier; never,
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d'Hautefort from the attentions the King was showing her.
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not appear. Until M. Suard devoted his attention to the text of
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years, doubtless, Rochefoucauld's recollection of his disappointment led
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they become natural faults, which they can no longer correct.
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Chesterfield, Letter 129.]
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them. Good manners and politeness are proper for all the world. But, yet
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time they want, and let them say even senseless things; never contradict
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preserve his consistency to the last."--Junius.]
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to be overcome by panic; others charge because they dare not remain at
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["Love is the love of one {singularly,} with desire to be singularly
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of being false, as he would be false and absurd in fighting a duel about
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of himself, of his own painting, and one of those inimitable living
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C.--The restraint we lay upon ourselves to be constant, is not much
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301.--Many people despise, but few know how to bestow wealth.
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["If individuals have no virtues their vices may be of use to
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In his last illness, the great moralist was attended by the great
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from the old editions of the Maxims, in which the Reflections do
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than to speculate on those which may befall us.
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Admiration, 178, 294, 474.
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Though sincerity and confidence have many points of resemblance, they
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know the deception and wickedness of the human heart will not be either
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Cambridge University Library, 47, 16, 81, and is called
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duration of our life. [Then what becomes of free will?--Aime; Martin]
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those of Jael, of Deborah, of Brutus, and of Charlotte
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----------, defined, 83.
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