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.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDOld age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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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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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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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 are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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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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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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