He saw a cottage with a double coach-house, A cottage of gentility, And the devil was pleased, for his darling sin Is the pride that apes humility. - François de La Rochefoucauld
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He saw a cottage with a double coach-house, A cottage of gentility, And the devil was pleased, for his darling sin Is the pride that apes humility.
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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François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac
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François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
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François, duc de La Rochefoucauld
Some follies can be caught, like contagious diseases.
It is easier to seem worthy of positions one does not have than of those one does.
Ce que les hommes ont nommé amitié n'est qu'une société, qu'un ménagement réciproque d'intérêts, et qu'un échange de bons offices; ce n'est enfin qu'un commerce où l'amour-propre se propose toujours quelque chose à gagner.
