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François de La Rochefoucauld

Quote of François de La Rochefoucauld - Those who apply themselves too closely...


Biography - François de La Rochefoucauld:

French moralist, author of maxims and memoirs.
Born: 1613 - Died: 1680
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
France

Those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things.


Note 

Note



Maxim 41


Source: Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

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




Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Ceux qui s’appliquent trop aux petites choses deviennent ordinairement incapables des grandes.

German
Wer sich zuviel mit dem Kleinen abgibt, wird gewöhnlich unfähig für das Große.




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Quotes

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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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