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Narrowness Of Mind Is Often The Cause Of Obstinacy
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Narrowness of mind is often the cause of obstinacy: we do not easily
believe beyond what we see.
-- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
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We often boast that we are never bored, yet we are so conceited that we do not perceive how often we bore others.
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We never desire earnestly what we desire in reason. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
Perfect valor is to do unwitnessed what we should be capable of doing before all the world.
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We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them.
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The passions often engender their contraries. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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We confess little faults in order to suggest that we have no big ones.
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The more we love, the nearer we are to hate. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
We always get bored with those whom we bore. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld