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		<title>La Rochefoucauld, Francois -- Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶314 (1665-1678) [tr. Chandler]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The extreme pleasure we take in talking about ourselves should make us afraid that we are not giving the same pleasure to those who listen to us. [L&#8217;extrême plaisir que nous prenons à parler de nous-mêmes nous doit faire craindre de n&#8217;en donner guère à ceux qui nous écoutent.] Present in the 3rd (1671) edition. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The extreme pleasure we take in talking about ourselves should make us afraid that we are not giving the same pleasure to those who listen to us.</p>
<p><em>[L&#8217;extrême plaisir que nous prenons à parler de nous-mêmes nous doit faire craindre de n&#8217;en donner guère à ceux qui nous écoutent.]</em></p>
<br><b>François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld</b> (1613–1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble<br><i>Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]</i>, ¶314 (1665-1678) [tr. Chandler] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.arthurchandler.com/maxims-rochefoucauld#:~:text=The%20extreme%20pleasure%20we%20take%20in%20talking%20about%20ourselves%20should%20make%20us%20afraid%20that%20we%20are%20not%20giving%20the%20same%20pleasure%20to%20those%20who%20listen%20to%20us." target="_blank">Source</a>)
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Present in the <a href="https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/%C5%92uvres_de_La_Rochefoucauld_-_T.1/R%C3%A9flexions_ou_sentences_et_maximes_morales#cite_note-504:~:text=493%5D%C2%A0%3F%20(-,%C3%A9d.%203*,-.)">3rd (1671) edition</a>. <br><br>


(<a href="https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/%C5%92uvres_de_La_Rochefoucauld_-_T.1/R%C3%A9flexions_ou_sentences_et_maximes_morales#:~:text=L%E2%80%99extr%C3%AAme%20plaisir%20que%20nous%20prenons%20%C3%A0%20parler%20de%20nous%2Dm%C3%AAmes%20nous%20doit%20faire%20craindre%20de%20n%E2%80%99en%20donner%20gu%C3%A8re%20%C3%A0%20ceux%20qui%20nous%20%C3%A9coutent">Source (French)</a>). Other translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>The exceeding delight we take in discoursing about our selves, may well make us suspect, that we allow but very little Pleasure, to them that converse with us.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A49601.0001.001/1:6.314?rgn=div2;view=fulltext">Stanhope</a> (1694), ¶314]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The excessive pleasure we find in talking about ourselves ought to make us apprehensive that it gives but little to our auditors.<br>
[pub. <a href="https://archive.org/details/maximsandmoralr00rochgoog/page/n133/mode/2up?q=%22exceffive+pleafure%22">Donaldson</a> (1783), ¶415; ed. <a href="https://archive.org/details/maximsmoralrefle00larouoft/page/107/mode/1up">Lepoittevin-Lacroix</a> (1797), ¶289] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The excessive pleasure we find in talking of ourselves, should make us apprehensive that we afford little to our auditors.<br>
[ed. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044019833292&view=2up&seq=98&skin=2021&q1=%22excessive+pleasure%22">Carvill</a> (1835), ¶353]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The extreme pleasure we take in talking of ourselves should make us fear that we give very little to those who listen to us.<br>
[ed. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433075829600&seq=140&q1=324&start=1">Gowens</a> (1851), ¶324] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The extreme delight we take in talking of ourselves should warn us that it is not shared by those who listen.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/9105/9105-h/9105-h.htm#:~:text=The%20extreme%20delight%20we%20take%20in%20talking%20of%20ourselves%20should%20warn%20us%20that%20it%20is%20not%20shared%20by%20those%20who%20listen.">Bund/Friswell</a> (1871), ¶314]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The vast pleasure we derive from talking of ourselves should make us suspect that the pleasure of our audience may not be as great.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Maxims_of_Le_Duc_de_La_Rochefoucauld/eq89AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=321">Heard</a> (1917), ¶321]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The keen pleasure we take in talking about ourselves should warn us not to be chary of giving that pleasure to our listeners.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Maxims_of_Fran%C3%A7ois_Duc_de_La_Rochef/MhZEAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22keen%20pleasure%22&printsec=frontcover">Stevens</a> (1939), ¶314] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The extreme pleasure we derive from talking about ourselves should warn us that for our audience the pleasure will be almost nil.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/maximsofducdelar0000laro/page/94/mode/2up?q=%22extreme+pleasure%22">FitzGibbon</a> (1957), ¶314]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The vast pleasure we get from talking about ourselves should warn us that we are giving almost no pleasure to those who are listening.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/maximsoflarochef00laro/page/92/mode/2up?q=%22vast+pleasure%22">Kronenberger</a> (1959), ¶314] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The extreme enjoyment we find in talking about ourselves should make us fear we are not giving very much to our audience.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/maxims0000laro/page/75/mode/1up">Tancock</a> (1959), ¶314]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The extreme pleasure we take in speaking about ourselves, ought to make us fear that we may be giving scarcely any of it to those who hear us.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://thomaswhichello.com/a-translation-of-reflections-or-sentences-and-moral-maxims-by-francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/#:~:text=The%20extreme%20pleasure%20we%20take%20in%20speaking%20about%20ourselves%2C%20ought%20to%20make%20us%20fear%20that%20we%20may%20be%20giving%20scarcely%20any%20of%20it%20to%20those%20who%20hear%20us.">Whichello</a> (2016) ¶314]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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