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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 anderer.

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:


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.











Quotes

Quotes for: pride


The opposite of humility is pride, and all pride is ignorance.





Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.





It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.





Pride indemnifies itself and loses nothing even when it casts away vanity.





Pride is much the same in all men, the only difference is the method and manner of showing it.





It would seem that nature, which has so wisely ordered the organs of our body for our happiness, has also given us pride to spare us the mortification of knowing our imperfections.











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.





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.





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












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