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• Most people judge men only by success or by fortune. (Maxim 212)
• The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 298...
• The love of justice is simply, in the majority of men, the fear of suffering injustice.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 78...
• Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 496...
• Usually we praise only to be praised.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 146...
• We need greater virtues to sustain good than evil fortune.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 25...
• There are few people who would not be ashamed of being loved when they love no longer.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 71...
• Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 218...
• Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 26...