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.
The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry.
The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry.
Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.
Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one read more
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one fills.
[Fr., Il est plus facile de paraitre digne des emplois qu'on n'a
pas que de ceux que l'on exerce.]