Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

 

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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