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Greater Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- Some allow themselves to be overcome by panic, and others charge because they dare not remain at their posts. Some may be found whose courage…
- The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits.
- It requires greater virtues to support good fortune than bad.
- The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance
- The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune.
- Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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