Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhat seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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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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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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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 seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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