Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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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 man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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