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When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
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Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)

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Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.: Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
When we are unable to find tranquillity within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.: Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.: Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
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No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.: Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
Nothing is less sincere than our mode of asking and giving advice. He who asks seems to have a deference for the opinion of his friend, while he only aims to get approval of his own and make his friend responsible for his action. And he who gives advice repays the confidence supposed to be placed in him by a seemingly disinterested zeal, while he seldom means anything by his advice but his own interest or reputation.: Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
We should often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood our motives.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
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To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
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