Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDNever give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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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 resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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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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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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