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• It is far easier to know men than to know man. -- La Rochefoucauld
• The true way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 127...
• It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.
  -- Duc de La Rochefoucauld...
• If we had no defects ourselves, we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others.
  -- La Rochefoucauld...
• Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company. -- La Rochefoucauld
• Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• It is more shameful to distrust one's friends than to be deceived by them. -- La Rochefoucauld
• We often boast that we are never bored, yet we are so conceited that we do not perceive how often we bore others.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...
• Some farewells are easier than others. -- P. Marlowe