Think #14 23 июля 1998

Favorites thoughts ... - favorite thoughts and maxims of Francois de La Rochefoucauld.

    SELECTED THOUGHTS AND MAXIMA FRANCOIS

                           De La Rochefoucauld

     (Continued, beginning at number 13)



*** Mistaken who thinks that only

    such violent passions, as love and

    ambition, it is possible to subdue

    other passions. The strongest often

    is inactive sloth:

    engrossing human thoughts and settlement
    tupkami it quietly undermines all

    their aspiration and virtues.

*** We can not again fall in love with those to
    On one really fallen out of love.

*** Afraid of contempt only one who has it

    deserves.

*** We always love those who admire

    us, but do not always love those whom susceptibility
    hischaemsya us.


*** Paid tribute to its musical

    alone with himself as reasonable,

    how ridiculous to extol them

    the presence of others.


*** Why do we remember all in detail
    particular what happened to us, but

    unable to remember how many times we

    talked about this one and the same

    face?


*** The jealousy more pride than love.



*** Admitting small faults,

    We thus tried to convince the surrounding
    ing that we do not have large.


*** To become a great man, we must

    able to skillfully use all that

    offers destiny.


*** People of small minds sensitive to the Cretaceous
    Kim grievances, people are crazy all over
    Might and nothing on offense.


*** The youth often feel that they are naturally
    venny, whereas in fact they

    just bad manners and rude.

*** All that stops working out, the permutation
    em and hold.

*** Often we would have to be ashamed of the free
    their most noble acts, if

    others would have been known for our
    tation.


*** Most enlivens the conversation did not mind, but

    mutual trust.


*** When fate lifts us at once that
    kuyu height, which we could not

    dream, it almost always turns out

    that we are not able to adequately keep

    themselves in a new position.


*** In severe cases should care

    not so much about how to create blah
    happy scenario possible, how about

    that they should not be missed.

*** True soft may be the only people

    of character: in the remaining

    apparent softness - it is most often

    just a weakness, which can be easily turned into
    schaetsya in anger.

*** To be young, but also not ugly
    comforting for women how to be a boundary
    sivoy, but not young.


*** The collapse of all hopes of human pleasure

    and his friends and enemies.

*** We are often stigmatized others' shortcomings, but

    rarely take this example, correct

    their own.

*** People praise or abuse often is

    what is usually to praise or scold.


*** A wise person understands that better

    forbid his passion, than later with

    fight it.


*** Decent woman - is hidden from

    all the treasure, find it, the person pa
    reasonably would not boast about them.


*** We have blamed himself only to

    We praised.


*** Speaking of harder just as

    when embarrassing silence.


*** Where miserable man whom no one

    like than those who do not like any
    coma.