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“ ”If we ever admit our shortcomings it is through vanity
About Fran ois de La Rochefoucauld
François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, le Prince de Marcillac (September 15 1613 – March 17 1680) was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs, as well as an example of the accomplished 17th-century nobleman.
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Additional quotes by Fran ois de La Rochefoucauld
The reason lovers never tire of one another’s company is because they never talk of anything but themselves.
313. — How is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
In order to succeed in the world people do their utmost to appear successful.