Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDSome accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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