Maxioms by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld
On dit que dans ses amours
Il fut caresse des belles,
Qui le suivirent toujours,
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On dit que dans ses amours
Il fut caresse des belles,
Qui le suivirent toujours,
Tant qu'il marcha devant elles.
We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the
manner in which it is done.
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We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the
manner in which it is done.
[Fr., On croit quelquefoir hair la flatterie; maid on ne hait que
a maniere de flatter.]
The truest mark of being born with great qualities, is being born without envy.
The truest mark of being born with great qualities, is being born without envy.
We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them.
We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
