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Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld - 3

This is page 3 of famous quotes by the French noble and writer, Francois de La Rochefoucauld.

It is not always for virtue's sake that women are virtuous.

If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others would not harm us.

A fashionable woman is always in love with herself.

Everyone complains of his memory, no one of his judgment.

We prefer to speak evil of ourselves rather than not speak of ourselves at all.

We think very few people sensible except those who agree with us.

Women in love pardon great indiscretions more easily than little infidelities.

Wit sometimes enables us to act rudely with impunity.

We often shed tears which deceive ourselves after deceiving others.

We give ourselves credit for the opposite faults of those we have: when we are weak, we boast of being obstinate.

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Economists can certainly disappoint you. One said that the economy would turn up by the last quarter. Well, I'm down to mine and it hasn't. - Robert Orben

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