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Biography - François de La Rochefoucauld:

French moralist, author of maxims and memoirs.
Born: 1613 - Died: 1680
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
France

The truest way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.


Note 

Note



Maxim 127


Quote source: Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims



Translation

Translation

(French, German, Italian)



French
Le vrai moyen d'être trompé, c'est de se croire plus fin que les autres.

German
Das beste Mittel, um getäuscht zu werden, ist, sich für schlauer zu halten als die anderen.

Italian
Il modo più sicuro per restare ingannati è credersi più furbi degli altri.




See also 

See also...






Quotes for: others


Quotes

Quotes about others:


Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.





The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.





The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.





To be happy, we must consider the happiness of another.





Let the other side be heard as well.
Seneca / 





Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.











Quotes

François de La Rochefoucauld also said...


It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.





There is no disguise which can long hide love where it exists, nor feign it where it does not.





If we had no pride we should not complain of that of others.





Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.





Few people know how to be old.





We are never so happy or so unhappy as we suppose.












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