Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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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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Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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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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The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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