Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhen our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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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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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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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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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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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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Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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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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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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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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