About Francois de La Rochefoucauld
François de La Rochefoucauld, 2nd Duke of La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac (; French: [fʁɑ̃swa d(ə) la ʁɔʃfuko]; 15 September 1613 – 17 March 1680) was an accomplished French moralist of the era of French Classical literature and author of Maximes and Memoirs, the only two works of his dense...
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Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away.
To establish oneself in the world, one has to do all one can to appear established.
We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the last one left.
Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.
The first years of man must make provision for the last.
—Samuel Johnson in The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
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