The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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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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Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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