Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld
French philosopher
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The extreme pleasure we take in speaking of ourselves should make us apprehensive that it gives hardly any to those who listen to us.
—Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld, French philosopher, Sentences et Maximes Morales, 1678
Posted on July 20, 1999 at 8:14 PM
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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, duc de La Rochefoucauld, French philosopher, Sentences et Maximes Morales, 1678
Posted on July 14, 1999 at 8:53 AM
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
—Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld, French philosopher, Sentences et Maximes Morales, 1678
Posted on July 17, 2002 at 11:59 AM
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The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.
—Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld, French philosopher, Sentences et Maximes Morales, 1678
Posted on September 20, 2002 at 10:34 PM
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