There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDGood advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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