Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes About Understanding
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It is a common fault never to be satisfied with our fortune, nor dissatisfied with our understanding.
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A man of understanding finds less difficulty in submitting to a wrong-headed fellow, than in attempting to set him right.
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Everyone praises his heart, none dare praise their understanding.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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It is more often from pride than from defective understanding that people oppose established opinions: they find the best places taken in the good party and are reluctant to accept inferior ones.
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Idleness and constancy fix the mind to what it finds easy and agreeable. This habit always confines and cramps up our knowledge; and no one has ever taken the trouble to stretch and carry his understanding as far as it could go.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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It is easier to understand mankind in general than any individual man.
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We like to read others but we do not like to be read.
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Commonplace minds usually condemn what is beyond the reach of their understanding.
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The thing that makes our friendships so short and changeable is that the qualities and dispositions of the soul are very hard to know, and those of the understanding and wit very easy.
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A man often thinks he rules himself, when all the while he is ruled and managed; and while his understanding directs one design, his affections imperceptibly draw him into another.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- Born: September 15, 1613
- Died: March 17, 1680
- Occupation: Author