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François De La Rochefoucauld Facts

François De La Rochefoucauld was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs. It is said that his world-view was clear-eyed and urbane, and that he neither condemned human conduct nor sentimentally celebrated it. (1613 - 1680)

Quotes by François De La Rochefoucauld

Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.
François De La Rochefoucauld

If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others.
François De La Rochefoucauld

True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.
François De La Rochefoucauld

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
François De La Rochefoucauld

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
François De La Rochefoucauld

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