We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhen a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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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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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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There 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 only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don’t know where I would be without it.
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