No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDSome accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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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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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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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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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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