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“ ”We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the manner in which it is done.
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
We have as much right to complain about those who teach us to know ourselves as that Athenian madman who complained about the doctor for having cured him of thinking he was rich
We try to make virtues out of the faults we have no wish to correct
329. — We believe, sometimes, that we hate flattery — we only dislike the method.