Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDHope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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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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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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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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Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
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In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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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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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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