If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDGood advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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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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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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