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Understanding Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
- It is a common fault never to be satisfied with our fortune, nor dissatisfied with our understanding.
- It is more often from pride than from defective understanding that people oppose established opinions: they find the best places taken in the good party…
- We like to read others but we do not like to be read.
- Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
- It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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