Maxims

La Rochefoucauld

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than perfection itself. (See Maxim 354.)
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Wife jealous sometimes desirable, LXXXIX.
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thing indeed: Nine times in ten 'tis but caprice or fashion, Coquetry,
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strong temptations try, And since 'tis hard to co{mbat}, learns to
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and the most violent tempests. The repose of idleness is a magic charm
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in the affairs of state, either had not, or did not devote any time to
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ought not to be equally embarrassing to all kinds of persons, and that
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270.--One honour won is a surety for more.
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136.--There are some who never would have loved if they never had heard
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perils of war. (1665, No. 231.)
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always decide rightly.
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things, almost all opposed to his profession. He excited the greatest
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naturally, a good courtier, although he had always a good idea of being
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they failed to deter him from plotting. He was about twenty-three;
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place. (1665, No. 89.)
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sixth edition was published by Claude Barbin, and the French editions
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CXXI.--There is nothing more natural, nor more deceptive, than to
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----, good, 258, R.III.
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yet they bear witness to the contracted observation and the precipitate
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because they know not how to prevent dying.
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Mind, Capacities of, R.II.
Maxims, passage 3033
Humour, 47. SEE Temper.
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way than the one they have selected. The difference we observe in the
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friendship continued until his death. He was not, however, destined to
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Rochefoucauld, though there is scarcely more than one truth running
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because it can split itself into many portions, and unite in one as
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often less from gratitude than from a desire to exhibit our own merit.
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CV.--Chance makes us known to others and to ourselves. (See Maxim 345.)
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Cardinal de Retz, as delineated by Mdme. Sevigne, in one of her letters,
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useful and serviceable habits, which nature has not given him. Arts and
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he hears her always speaking of the beloved object.
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234.--It is more often from pride than from ignorance that we are so
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CVII.--We commonly praise the good hearts of those who admire us. (See
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197.--There are men of whom we can never believe evil without having
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or less degree, in accordance with the extent of his reading, parallel
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["Grave and plausible enough to be thought fit for business."--Junius,
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13.--Our self love endures more impatiently the condemnation of our
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if it enters so boldly into partnership to destroy her, because when it
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agitation of their hearts.
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Good man, who is a, 206.
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may see a lover moved with rage by the neglect or the infidelity of her
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or find." Goldsmith, Traveller, 431.]
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breast; In all distresses of our friends, We first consult our private
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{The translators' incorrectly cite Speech On Conciliation With America.
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contained 316 maxims, counting the last upon death, which was not
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the Rhine in 1672 two of his sons were engaged; the one was killed, the
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359.--Infidelities should extinguish love, and we ought not to be
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to console ordinary people for their small fortune and equally small
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Limits to Confidence, R.I.
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Circumstances, 59, 470.