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Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom unless they teach virtue they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel.
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
Quotes By Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus...
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Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a...
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The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures they are safe...
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You can find women who have never had an affair but it is hard to find a...
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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One can find women who have never had one love affair but it is rare indeed...
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We give advice but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of...
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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with yet...
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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and...
Quotes About Great
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A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off...
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Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
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Nobody I think ought to read poetry or look at pictures or statues who...
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I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when...
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A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other...
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We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great...
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A great wind swept over the ghetto carrying away shame invisibility and...
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A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a...
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Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at and humbled for...