A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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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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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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