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François de La Rochefoucauld

Quote of François de La Rochefoucauld: One must listen if one wishes...


Biography - François de La Rochefoucauld:

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

One must listen if one wishes to be listened to.



Translation

Translation

(French)



French
Il faut écouter ceux qui parlent, si l'on veut être écouté.




See also 

See also...



Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

It is greed to do all the talking and not be willing to listen.




Quotes

Quotes for: to listen


Know or listen to those who know.





Let the other side be heard as well.
Seneca / 





I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.





How sad to think that nature speaks and mankind doesn't listen.





It is a much cleverer thing to talk nonsense than to listen to it.





All flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.











Quotes

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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