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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

If we had no faults we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others.


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Note



Maxim 31


Source: Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Wikisource - La Rochefoucauld - Maximes et Réflexions morales (fr) 




Translation

Translation

(French, German, Italian)



French
Si nous n’avions point de défauts, nous ne prendrions pas tant de plaisir à en remarquer dans les autres.

German
Wenn wir selbst keine Fehler hätten, würden wir sie nicht mit so großem Vergnügen an anderen entdecken.

Italian
Se non avessimo difetti, non proveremmo tanto piacere a notare quelli degli altri.




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See also...



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




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The pleasure from hard effort is the sweetest.





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Quotes for: others


Quotes

Quotes about others:


Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.





The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.





To be happy, we must consider the happiness of another.





Let the other side be heard as well.
Seneca / 





The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.





Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.











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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.





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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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