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• Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well. Francois duc la Rochefoucauld
• Self-love is the greatest of flatterers. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• The passions are the only orators that always persuade. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• The passions often engender their contraries. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
  -- Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, "Maxims" 1665...
• Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 26...
• Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck that of the people.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...
• Age is a tyrant, who forbids, at the penalty of life, all the pleasures of youth.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...
• Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld