François de La Rochefoucauld · The source reads: “There is real love just as there are real ghosts; every person speaks of it, few persons have seen it.” · Maxim 76 of the French duke's cool little book, in the form everyone repeats; the 1871 translation reads "There is real love just as there are real ghosts; every person speaks of it, few persons have seen it."
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François de La Rochefoucauld · The source reads: “C'est une grande habiletè que de savoir cacher son habiletè. The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.”
François de La Rochefoucauld · The source reads: “L'hypocrisie est un hommage que le vice rend á la vertu. Hypocrisy is a tribute which vice pays to virtue.”
François de La Rochefoucauld · The source reads: “Nous avons tous assez de force pour supporter les maux d'autrui. We are all strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.”
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