The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with 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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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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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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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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