Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDHypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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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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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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