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Francois de La Rochefoucauld17 quotes
Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld · 1678Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and fans fires. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld · 1678In the misfortune of our best friends we often find something that is not displeasing. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld · 1678The head is ever the dupe of the heart. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld · 1678If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld · 1678The pleasure of love is in the loving. We are happier in the passion we feel than in that we arouse. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld · 1678All 17 quotes →