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François de La Rochefoucauld

Quote of François de La Rochefoucauld - There are no accidents so unfortunate...


Biography - François de La Rochefoucauld:

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

There are no accidents so unfortunate from which skilful men will not draw some advantage, nor so fortunate that foolish men will not turn them to their hurt.


Note 

Note



Maxim 59


Source: Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Wikisource - La Rochefoucauld - Œuvres (fr) 




Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Il n’y a point d’accidents si malheureux dont les habiles gens ne tirent quelque avantage, ni de si heureux que les imprudents ne puissent tourner à leur préjudice.

German
Kein Ereignis ist so unglücklich, dass kluge Leute nicht irgendeinen Vorteil daraus zögen, und keines so unglücklich, dass es ein Dummkopf nicht zu seinem Nachteil kehren könnte.




See also 

See also...



A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.




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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