It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe 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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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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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 are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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