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About Cardinal de Retz

Cardinal de Retz was a 17th-century French catholic cardinal. Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz was a French churchman, writer of memoirs, and agitator in the Fronde. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Fear — Understanding and overcoming the anxieties that hold us back

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“The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it.”
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“Of all the passions fear weakens judgment most.”
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“Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand.”
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“What is necessary is never a risk.”
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