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Bad Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example.
- The only good copies are those which make us see the absurdity of bad originals.
- Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples.
- We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent…
- None deserve praise for being good who have not the spirit to be bad: goodness, for the most part, is nothing but indolence or weakness…
- It requires greater virtues to support good fortune than bad.
- The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals.
- Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.
- No accidents are so unlucky [bad] but that the wise may draw some advantage [good] from them...
- Fortunate persons hardly ever amend their ways: they always imagine that they are in the right when fortune upholds their bad conduct.
- There are some bad qualities which make great talents.
- It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad.
- Strength and weakness of mind are misnomers; they are really nothing but the good or bad health of our bodily organs.
- All our qualities, whether good or bad, are unstable and ambiguous, and almost all are at the mery of chance.
- There are few occasions when we should make a bad bargain by giving up the good on condition that no ill was said of us.
- There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
- Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
- Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
- Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
- Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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