Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDNot all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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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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Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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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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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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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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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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