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Should Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.
- To understand matters rightly we should understand their details; and as that knowledge is almost infinite, our knowledge is always superficial and imperfect.
- We label judges with having the meanest motives, and yet we desire that our reputation and fame should depend upon the judgment of men, who…
- We should gain more by letting the world see what we are than by trying to seem what we are not.
- No matter how brilliant an action, it should not be considered great unless it was the result of a great motive.
- A certain harmony should be kept between actions and ideas if we want to fully develop the effects they can produce.
- A clever man should handle his interests so that each will fall in suitable order of their value.
- Nothing should lessen our satisfaction with ourselves as much as when we notice that we disapprove of something at one time that we approve of…
- The extreme delight we experience in talking about ourselves should warn us that those who listen do not share it.
- We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent…
- True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.
- We should only affect compassion, and carefully avoid having any.
- We should not judge a man's merits by his great qualities, but by the use he makes of them.
- We often pay our debts not because it is only fair that we should, but to make future loans easier.
- Gratitude is like credit; it is the backbone of our relations; frequently we pay our debts not because equity demands that we should, but to…
- The extreme pleasure we take in speaking of ourselves should make us apprehensive that it gives hardly any to those who listen to us.
- We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire.
- There are few occasions when we should make a bad bargain by giving up the good on condition that no ill was said of us.
- Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer Him His sacrifices.
- Satire is at once the most agreeable and most dangerous of mental qualities. It always pleases when it is refined, but we always fear those…
- 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…
- Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often…
- The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
- It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
- To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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