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Biography - François de La Rochefoucauld:

French moralist, author of maxims and memoirs.
Born: 1613 - Died: 1680
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
France

Like plants, most men have hidden properties that chance alone reveals.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
La plupart des hommes ont, comme les plantes, des propriétés cachées que le hasard fait découvrir.

German
Die meisten Menschen haben wie Pflanzen verborgene Eigentümlichkeiten, welche der Zufall aufdeckt.




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All of us harbour in ourselves hidden gardens and plantations;




Quotes for: randomness


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Fate shuffles the cards and we play.





Chance gives thoughts, and chance takes them away.





Play is experimenting with chance.





No contingency anywhere in the universe; no indifference; no liberty. While we act, we are, at the same time, acted upon.





Although men flatter themselves with their great actions, they are not so often the result of a great design as of chance.





It would seem that our actions have lucky or unlucky stars to which they owe a great part of the blame or praise which is given them.











Quotes for: to hide


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Quotes for: to hide


Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.





Hide your life and spread your spirit.





There is no disguise which can long hide love where it exists, nor feign it where it does not.





There are certain things that we hide in order to reveal them.





Men differ by what they show, and have in common what they hide.





Nature is wont to hide herself.











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François de La Rochefoucauld also said...


It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.





There is no disguise which can long hide love where it exists, nor feign it where it does not.





If we had no pride we should not complain of that of others.





Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.





Few people know how to be old.





We are never so happy or so unhappy as we suppose.












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