It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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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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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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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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Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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