If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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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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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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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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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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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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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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