Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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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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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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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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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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