Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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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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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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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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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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