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François de La Rochefoucauld

Quote of François de La Rochefoucauld - We are never so happy or...


Biography - François de La Rochefoucauld:

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

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


Note 

Note



Maxim 49


Source: Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Wikisource - Œuvres de La Rochefoucauld (fr) 




Translation

Translation

(French, German, Italian)



French
On n’est jamais si heureux ni si malheureux qu’on s’imagine.

German
Man ist niemals so glücklich oder unglücklich, wie man glaubt.

Italian
Non si è mai così felici o così infelici come si crede




See also 

See also...






Quotes for: happiness


Quotes

Quotes about happiness:


I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health.





Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.





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





Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves and impossible to find it elsewhere.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





Nothing is ever finished ; only a little happiness is needed for everything to begin again.











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.





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












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