We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDGood advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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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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Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.
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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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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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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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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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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
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