We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDHypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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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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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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