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François de La Rochefoucauld on Veterans Day

1613–1680 France

← All quotes by François de La Rochefoucauld

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The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits.

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.

We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.

Complete courage and absolute cowardice are extremes that very few men fall into. The vast middle space contains all the intermediate kinds and degrees of courage; and these differ as much from one another as men's faces or their humors do.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: François de La Rochefoucauld (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.