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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes: It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
         

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.


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When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

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Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.



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Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with.



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There are no accidents so unlucky from which clever people are not able to reap some advantage, and none so lucky that the foolish are not able to turn them to their own disadvantage.





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