Stanisław I Leszczyński quotes
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“Esteem has more engaging charms than friendship, or even love. It captivates hearts better, and never makes ings.”
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“Genius speaks only to genius.”
-- StanisÅ‚aw I LeszczyÅ„skiSource : François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.176
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“There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.”
-- StanisÅ‚aw I LeszczyÅ„skiSource : François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.179
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“A well-read fool is the most pestilent of blockheads; his learning is a flail which he knows not how to handle, and with which he breaks his neighbor's shins as well as his own. Keep a fellow of this description at arm's length, as you value the integrity of your bones.”
-- StanisÅ‚aw I LeszczyÅ„skiSource : François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.181
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“Politeness has been defined to be artificial good-nature; but we may affirm, with much greater propriety, that good-nature is natural politeness.”
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“None are rash when they are not seen by anybody.”
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“Nothing but religion is capable of changing pains into pleasures.”
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“The Word of God proves the truth of religion; the corruption of man, its necessity; government, its advantages.”
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“There are few persons of greater worth than their reputation; but how many are there whose worth is far short of their reputation!”
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“We rise to fortune by successive steps; we descend by only one.”
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“I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things.”
-- StanisÅ‚aw I LeszczyÅ„skiSource : François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.156
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“The earliest desire of succeeding is almost always a prognostic of success.”
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“It is hardly possible to suspect another without having in one's self the seeds of baseness the party is accused of.”
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“The instability of our tastes is the occasion of the irregularity of our lives.”
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“When the truth offends no one it should come from our lips as naturally as the air we breathe.”
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“Is it not astonishing that the love of repose keeps us in continual agitation?”
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“Gaiety is the soul's health; sadness is its poison.”
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“I know no real worth but that tranquil firmness which seeks dangers by duty, and braves them without rashness.”
-- StanisÅ‚aw I LeszczyÅ„skiSource : François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.175
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“We are usually mistaken in esteeming men too much; rarely in esteeming them too little.”
-- StanisÅ‚aw I LeszczyÅ„skiSource : François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.168
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“Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand.”
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“Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.”
-- StanisÅ‚aw I LeszczyÅ„skiSource : François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.184
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“Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.”
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“To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting.”
-- StanisÅ‚aw I LeszczyÅ„skiSource : "Maxims and Moral Sentences". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld, pp. 153-186, No. 61, 1851.
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“Misers are very kind people: they amass wealth for those who wish their death.”
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“To be vain of one's rank or place is to show that one is below it.”
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“Where religion speaks, reason has only a right to hear.”
-- StanisÅ‚aw I LeszczyÅ„skiSource : François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.153
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“To make good use of life, one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.”
-- StanisÅ‚aw I LeszczyÅ„skiSource : François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.153
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“Reason shows us our duty; he who can make us love our duty is more powerful than reason itself.”
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“Religion has nothing more to fear than not being sufficiently understood.”
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“Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?”
-- StanisÅ‚aw I LeszczyÅ„skiSource : François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.162
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“Affectation discovers sooner what one is than it makes known what one would fain appear to be.”
-- StanisÅ‚aw I LeszczyÅ„skiSource : François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.169
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“How many persons fancy they have experience simply because they have grown old!”
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“Those who ought to be secure from calumny are generally those who avoid it least.”
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“It is having in some measure a sort of wit to know how to use the wit of others.”
-- StanisÅ‚aw I LeszczyÅ„skiSource : duc de François La Rochefoucauld, François La Rochefoucauld (duc de), King of Poland Stanisław, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral reflections, sentences and maxims of Francis, duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.173
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