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CytatyFrancois de La RochefoucauldFrench author & moralist (1613 - 1680)The pleasure of love is in loving.The sort of liveliness which increases with age is not far distant from madness. The truest mark of being born with great qualities, is being born without envy. There are very few women in society whose virtue outlasts their beauty. To be deceived by our enemies or betrayed by our friends in insupportable; yet by ourselves we are often content to be so treated. To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art. To establish oneself in the world, one has to do all one can to appear established. To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation. Vanity makes us do more things against inclination than reason. We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others. We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire. We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves. We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones. We often do good in order that we may do evil with impunity. We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore. |
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