We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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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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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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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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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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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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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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