"The intellect is always fooled by the heart." — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"The intellect is always fooled by the heart."
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627 Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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- Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.
- Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
- The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves.
- It's easier to know people in general than one person in particular
- The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.
- It is only persons of firmness that can have real gentleness. Those who appear gentle are, in general, only a…
- To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.
- We never desire strongly, what we desire rationally.
- Women know not the whole of their coquetry.