La Rochefoucauld Maxims by La Rochefoucauld Heard John

La Rochefoucauld Maxims by La Rochefoucauld Heard John

Author:La Rochefoucauld, Heard, John
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9780486137445
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2012-10-10T16:00:00+00:00


233.

Excessive zeal in discharging an obligation is a form of ingratitude.

234.

It is easier to curb gratitude than hope or desire.

235.

Pride hates to owe, and vanity hates to pay.

236.

Accepting favors from people compels us to swallow the injuries they do us.

237.

Nothing is as contagious as example. Each of our very good or very bad acts reproduces itself. We imitate good examples from a desire to emulate them, and bad ones from the perversity of our natures, which pride restrains, but which example stimulates.



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