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François de La Rochefoucauld

Quote of François de La Rochefoucauld - Our temper sets a price upon...


Biography - François de La Rochefoucauld:

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

Our temper sets a price upon every gift that we receive from fortune.


Note 

Note



Maxim 47


Quote source: Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Wikisource - La Rochefoucauld - Œuvres (fr) 




Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Notre humeur met le prix à tout ce qui nous vient de la fortune.

German
Unsere Stimmung gibt allen Gaben des Glücks ihren Wert.




See also 

See also...



Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

Whatever great advantages nature may give, it is not she alone, but fortune also that makes the hero.

The happiness or unhappiness of men depends no less upon their dispositions than their fortunes.

The world of the happy man is a different one from that of the unhappy man.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

It is very obvious that we are not influenced by “facts” but by our interpretation of the facts.

It is possible to entertain no thought about this, and not to be troubled in spirit; for things of themselves are not so constituted as to create our judgements upon them.




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.





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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