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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

It would seem that our actions have lucky or unlucky stars to which they owe a great part of the blame or praise which is given them.


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Maxim 58


Quote source: Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Il semble que nos actions aient des étoiles heureuses ou malheureuses à qui elles doivent une grande partie de la louange et du blâme qu’on leur donne.

German
Es hat den Anschein, als stünden unsere Handlungen jeweils unter einem glücklichen oder unglücklichen Stern, dem sie dann einen großen Teil des Lobes oder des Tadels, die sie ernten, zu verdanken hätten.




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See also...



Although men flatter themselves with their great actions, they are not so often the result of a great design as of chance.




Quotes for: stars


Quotes

Quotes about stars:


Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and reverence, the more often and more steadily one reflects on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.





The stars of your destiny are in your heart.





To the stars through difficulty.
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The time has come to light the stars again.





He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.





Men at some time are masters of their fates;
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.












Quotes for: randomness


Quotes

Quotes for: randomness


Fate shuffles the cards and we play.





Chance gives thoughts, and chance takes them away.





Like plants, most men have hidden properties that chance alone reveals.





Play is experimenting with chance.





No contingency anywhere in the universe; no indifference; no liberty. While we act, we are, at the same time, acted upon.





Chance is necessity hidden behind a veil.











Quotes for: action


Quotes

Quotes about action:


I have laboured carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate, but to understand human actions.





One should be light like a bird, and not like a feather.





Often he who omits an act does injustice, not only he who commits an act.





I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.





Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.





Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.











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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