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• Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evil
  but present evils triumph over it. (Maxim 22)...
• The understanding is always the dupe of the heart.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 102...
• Usually we praise only to be praised.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 146...
• We are never so happy or so unhappy as we suppose.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 49...
• We have all sufficient strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 19...
• We pardon in the degree that we love.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 330...
• Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 218...
• Most people judge men only by success or by fortune.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 212...
• Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 26...