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• Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors. -- Francious de la Rochefoucauld
• Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 180...
• All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
  -- La Rochefoucauld...
• Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck that of the people.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...
• Wit sometimes enables us to act rudely with impunity. -- Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
• In the misfortune of our friends we find something that is not displeasing to us.
  -- La Rochefoucauld, "Maxim...
• We may give advice, but we cannot inspire the conduct.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 378...