We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDGracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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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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Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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There 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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Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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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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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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