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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

He who imagines he can do without the world, deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him, is still more mistaken.
 
[Celui qui croit pouvoir trouver en soi-même de quoi se passer de tout le monde se trompe fort; mais celui qui croit qu’on ne peut se passer de lui se trompe encore davantage.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶201 (1665-1678) [pub. Donaldson (1783), ¶93]

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Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶201 (1665-1678) [pub. Donaldson (1783), ¶93] - La Rochefoucauld, Francois | WIST Quotations

He who imagines he can do without the world, deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him, is still more mistaken. [Celui qui croit pouvoir trouver en soi-même de quoi se passer de tout le monde se trompe fort; mais celui qui croit qu’on ne…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Aug 7, 2025

A quotation from Josh Billings

Thare iz no man so necessary in this world, but that when he dies hiz plase iz quickly filled, and he iz soon forgotten.
 
[There is no man so necessary in this world, but that when he dies his place is quickly filled, and he is soon forgotten.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 281 “Variety: Bred and Butter” (1874)

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Everybody's Friend, Or; Josh Billing's Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 281 "Variety: Bred and Butter" (1874) - Billings, Josh | WIST Quotations

Thare iz no man so necessary in this world, but that when he dies hiz plase iz quickly filled, and he iz soon forgotten. [There is no man so necessary in this world, but that when he dies his place is quickly filled, and he is soon forgotten.] See Hubbard…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Mar 13, 2025

A quotation from Margaret Atwood

Perhaps he’s reached that stage of intoxication which power is said to inspire, the state in which you believe you are indispensable and can therefore do anything, absolutely anything you feel like, anything at all.

Margaret Atwood (b. 1939) Canadian writer, literary critic, environmental activist
The Handmaid’s Tale, ch. 37 (1986)

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WIST Quotations moves again!Aug 24, 2024

A quotation from La Rochefoucauld, Francois:

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He who imagines he can do without the world, deceives himself much: but he who fancies the world cannot do without him, is under a far greater deception.
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Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶201 (1665-1678) [ed. Carvill (1835), ¶81] - La Rochefoucauld, Francois | WIST Quotations

He who imagines he can do without the world, deceives himself much: but he who fancies the world cannot do without him, is under a far greater deception.   [Celui qui croit pouvoir trouver en soi-même de quoi se passer de tout le monde se trompe fort; mais celui qui…

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