Silence is the surest resolve for him who distrusts himself. - François de La Rochefoucauld

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Silence is the surest resolve for him who distrusts himself.

François de La Rochefoucauld

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About François de La Rochefoucauld

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, le Prince de Marcillac (September 15 1613 – March 17 1680) was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs, as well as an example of the accomplished 17th-century nobleman.

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Alternative Names: François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac • François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld • François, duc de La Rochefoucauld

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It is impossible to love a second time those whom we have really ceased to love.

However we distrust the sincerity of those whom we talk with, we always believe them more sincere with us than with others.

In the human heart there is a perpetual generation of passions, such that the ruin of one is almost always the foundation of another.

Silence is the surest resolve for him who distrusts himself. - François de La Rochefoucauld

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