Values Quotes by Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

1 Values quote by Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

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The highest skill is the true judgment of values.

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More things are left undone through neglect of duty than through neglect of self-interest.

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The highest skill is the true judgment of values.

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Deprived of the company of fools, a great wit does not seem half so clever.

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Young women that would not be thought coquettish, and old men that would not be ridiculous, should never talk of love, as if they…

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The most trying fools are the bright ones.

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The unbosoming oneself to another is a kind of release to the soul, which strives to lighten its burden and find ease by throwing…

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The disabusing a man strongly possessed with an opinion of his own worth is the very same ill office that was done to the…

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Nature seems to have treasured up the depth of our mind talents and abilities that we are not aware of; it is the privilege…

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What men have given the name of friendship to is nothing but an alliance, a reciprocal accommodation of interest, an exchange of good offices;…

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Nothing is given so willingly as advice.

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