In the misfortune of our best friends we often find something that is not displeasing. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
In the misfortune of our best friends we often find something that is not displeasing.
In the original French
Dans l'adversite de nos meilleurs amis, nous trouvons toujours quelque chose qui ne noux deplait pas.
Reflections · 1678
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La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Collected Maxims and Other Reflections, translated by E. H. and A. M. Blackmore and Francine Giguere. Oxford University Press, 2008.
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La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]. c. 1665.