Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDA true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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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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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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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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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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