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Better Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- Reconciliation with our enemies is simply a desire to better our condition, a weariness of war, or the fear of some unlucky thing from occurring.
- It is much better to learn to deal with the ills we have now than to speculate on those that may befall us.
- We are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them.
- The violence we do to ourselves in order to remain faithful to the one we love is hardly better than an act of infidelity.
- When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
- There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
- Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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