Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhy is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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