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Englishing de la Rochefoucauld (The Art of Conversation)

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

Maxim 139. One of the reasons why you find so few people who can carry on a rational and pleasing conversation is that there is hardly anyone who doesn’t think more about what he wants to say than about answering … Continue reading →

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Englishing de la Rochefoucauld (Laziness)

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

Maxim 54. Of all our passions, laziness is the most unacknowledged.  It is both the most eager and the most malignant motive of all, though its violence cannot be felt and the damage it causes is profoundly hidden.  If we … Continue reading →

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