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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

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


Note 

Note



Maxim 35


Quote source: Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims



Translation

Translation

(French)



French
L’orgueil est égal dans tous les hommes, et il n’y a de différence qu’aux moyens et à la manière de le mettre au jour.




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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.





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

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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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