Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDA true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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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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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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