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Wise Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age and…
- It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.
- Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.
- No accidents are so unlucky [bad] but that the wise may draw some advantage [good] from them...
- Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.
- It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp.
- The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts.
- In growing old, we become more foolish - and more wise.
- There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it…
- It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.
- A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
- He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
- It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
- It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
- Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable.
- It's easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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- I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of… — Saint Augustine
- It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. — Marcus Aurelius
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