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Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Being
Rest
We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Men
To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Ability
Skill
Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Nature
Work
Fortune
We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Affection
Friends
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Greatness
Will
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Strength
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Haste
Ingratitude
Obligation
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Love
Usually we praise only to be praised.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Praise
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Virtue
Company
Vanity
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Fault
Timidity
The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Heart
Country
Man
Mind
Speech
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Heart
Intellect
The heart is forever making the head its fool.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Heart
Fool