What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIf we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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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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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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