Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDSome counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by 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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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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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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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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