If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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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.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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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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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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