Only the contemptible fear contempt.
Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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Only the contemptible fear contempt.
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Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes
- Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with.
- We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
- There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
- If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
- It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.
- Few things are impracticable in themselves and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
- We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
- Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
- When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
- To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
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