A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
More things are left undone through neglect of duty than through neglect of self-interest.
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Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Too great refinement is false delicacy, And true delicacy is solid refinement.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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