A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDOur actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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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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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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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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If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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