Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIf we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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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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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don’t know where I would be without it.
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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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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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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