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La Rochefoucauld 213: Love of glory, fear of shame, greed of fortune, the desire to make life agree...
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Love of glory, fear of shame, greed of fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate others are often causes of that bravery so vaunted among men. [Junius said of the Marquis of Granby, "He was as brave as a total absence of all feeling and reflection could make him."--21st Jan. 1769.]
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_213
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