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His Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
- When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
- Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
- There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
- Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.
- The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
- No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally…
- Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues and vices, and to have determined how good or how…
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- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the… — Neil Armstrong
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold