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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 pride we should not complain of that of others.



Note 

Note



Maxim 34


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 d'orgueil, nous ne nous plaindrions pas de celui des autres.

German
Hätten wir keinen Stolz, so beklagten wir uns nicht über den Stolz anderen.

Italian
Se non avessimo orgoglio, non ci lamenteremmo di quello degli altri.




See also 

See also...



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




Quotes for: others


Quotes

Quotes about others:


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





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





Article IV – Liberty consists of doing anything which does not harm others: thus, the exercise of the natural rights of each man has only those borders which assure other members of the society the enjoyment of these same rights. These borders can be determined only by the law.





Let the other side be heard as well.
Seneca / 





Whoever is happy will make others happy too.





From the faults of another a wise man will correct his own.











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.





Few people know how to be old.





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





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





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












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