There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDOld men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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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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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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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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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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