3,187 passages indexed from Maxims (La Rochefoucauld) — Page 59 of 64
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but because his folly is proportioned to his age and fortune.
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courteous. But why do we need her instruction?"--Sterne, Sermons.]
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in a correspondence with the Court of Spain and the Queen. Into this
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the epithet is bestowed on an infinite number of bad poets and tedious
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reasoning and good sense I never knew one in my life that had it,
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courtier. Knowing how precarious Court favour then was, his father, when
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313.--How is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least
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316.--Weak persons cannot be sincere.
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but the love of fame which hides death from his sight; in the peasant it
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being able to detract from them what attracts that of the rest of the
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constancy is a result of maxim 18.]
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monasteries in his province, he is naturally spoken of by them in terms
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--------, of Mind, classified, R.II.
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149.--The refusal of praise is only the wish to be praised twice.
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body, and when passions seem furthest removed we are no less in danger
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a liaison with Mdlle. d'Hautefort, one of the ladies in waiting on the
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185.--There are both heroes of evil and heroes of good.
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death in the least. I am but little given to pity, and I could wish I
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popularity of the Maxims is perhaps best shown from the numerous
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274.--The beauty of novelty is to love as the flower to the fruit; it
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VIII.--When we do not find peace of mind (REPOS) in ourselves it is
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it as dreadful. The necessity of dying created all the constancy of
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378.--We may bestow advice, but we cannot inspire the conduct.
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honour demanded I should resent an insult put upon me; on the contrary,
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37.--Pride has a larger part than goodness in our remonstrances with
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118.--The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.
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110.--Nothing is given so profusely as advice.
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its tastes by habit.
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he is usually guided only by his own interest or reputation.
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Rochefoucauld's life to be spent in great pain. Madame de Sevigne,
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serve to instruct others. They should let their conduct show that
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102.--The head is ever the dupe of the heart.
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"Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like
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qualities. It always pleases when it is refined, but we always fear
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night, by increasing fear and concealing gallant or cowardly actions,
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relax and be easily discouraged if it should last. Some are content to
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and forget itself when we work for others. And yet it is but taking the
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430.--In the old age of love as in life we still survive for the evils,
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----, Judgment of, 268.
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the knowledge I have of it will ever change from my mind to my heart."
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["I could pardon all his (Louis XI.'s) deceit, but I cannot forgive
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221.--We do not wish to lose life; we do wish to gain glory, and this
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the design for which they expose themselves succeed.
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94.--Great names degrade instead of elevating those who know not how to
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we like more than that we give away.
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life as nothing but one continued exercise of self-love. Hence arise
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editions are as follows:-- i. Seneca Unmasked. By Mrs. Aphara Behn.
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253.--Interest sets at work all sorts of virtues and vices.
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which makes us desire to know everything that may be profitable to us;
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265.--A narrow mind begets obstinacy, and we do not easily believe what