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Secret Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits.
- Everyone agrees that a secret should be kept intact, but everyone does not agree as to the nature and importance of secrecy. Too often we…
- Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.
- Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
- A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.
- How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
- In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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