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A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.
François de La Rochefoucauld
WriterFrench1613 · 17th century
3.2 · 25 votes · 154 reads
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
Montaigne
PhilosopherFrench1533 · 16th century
4.7 · 39 votes · 133 reads
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Art and Culture
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
Albert Camus
NovelistFrench1913 · 20th century
4.8 · 60 votes · 92 reads
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Nature
A well begun is half ended.
Pierre Beaumarchais
PlaywrightFrench1732 · 18th century
4.4 · 9 votes · 154 reads
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A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
Simone de Beauvoir
NovelistFrench1908 · 20th century
3.5 · 32 votes · 163 reads
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All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.
Blaise Pascal
PhilosopherFrench1623 · 17th century
4.0 · 44 votes · 183 reads
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A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.
Jean de la Bruyère
French1645 · 17th century
3.6 · 56 votes · 4 reads
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Art and Culture
A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.
Jean Baudrillard
PhilosopherFrench1929 · 20th century
4.1 · 46 votes · 161 reads
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A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it.
Stendhal
NovelistFrench1783 · 18th century
3.8 · 40 votes · 143 reads
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Virtues
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Joseph Joubert
French1754 · 18th century
3.2 · 47 votes · 52 reads
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