“We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.”
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Every writer compiling a book of quotes have to deal with several icons of a well-turned phrase; Oscar Wilde, Mae West, and the ever-apt Francois de La Rochefoucauld, duc de La Rochefoucauld, prince de Marcillac. This 17th-century nobleman exuded witticisms undated by the passage of time, but what else can you expect from someone who had been sentenced to the Bastille for defaming Cardinal Richelieu. Surviving those eight days and a serious wound in battle Francois de La Rochefoucauld retired to his estate with agrudge against everyone in power. He exited from his exile into the salons of Paris where his pent-up intellect savaged the stupid and salved the lovelorn. La Rochefoucauld’s Maximes remain a treasure for the ages.

“Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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