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Rather Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- We torment ourselves rather to make it appear that we are happy than to become so.
- Though confidence is very fine, and makes the future sunny; I want no confidence for mine, I'd rather have the money
- If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
- Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
- We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
- Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them…
- We would rather see those to whom we do good, than those who do good to us.
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