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François de La Rochefoucauld

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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

The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts.


Note 

Note



Maxim 20


Quote source: Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
La constance des sages n’est que l’art de renfermer leur agitation dans le cœur.

German
Der Gleichmut der Weisen ist nichts als die Kunst, seine Erregung im Herzen zu verschließen.




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François de La Rochefoucauld also said...


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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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