There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDHypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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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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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
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In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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