The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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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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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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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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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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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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