The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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