"We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears."

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Source : "Maxims". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld, 1665.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#Hope Quotes #Fear Quotes #Commitment Quotes

“To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad is better than to destroy them. For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the supreme of excellence. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence.”
“Every action being taken against terrorists requires court order, requires scrutiny.”
“The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.”
“I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.”
“It is impossible to unite Christ and Baal -- their spirits cannot unite, their objects and purposes are entirely different; the one leads to eternal life and exaltation, the other to death and final destruction.”
“Want a strong, solid relationship that is willing to go the distance? Get to know your running shoes.”
“Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.”
“Traveling around sure gets me down and lonely, nothing else to do but close my mind. I sure hope the road don't come to own me, there's so many dreams I've yet to find. But you're so far away.”

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