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Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld - 4

This is page 4 of famous quotes by the French noble and writer, Francois de La Rochefoucauld.

Virtue in women is often merely love of their reputation and of their peace of mind.

There are some good marriages, but practically no delightful ones.

Solemnity is a trick of the body to hide the faults of the mind.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of consequences.

If we judge love by most of its results, it resembles hatred rather than affection.

Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue.

Greater qualities are necessary to bear good fortune than bad.

Nothing prevents us from being natural so much as the desire to appear so.

Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.

One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.

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Some men are like musical glasses - to produce their finest tones you must keep them wet.

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