Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDGratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe pardon to the extent that we love.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIf we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDHowever rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhen a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDPoliteness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDTaste may change, but inclination never.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDUsually we praise only to be praised.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThough 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.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIn friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIt is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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