We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDA true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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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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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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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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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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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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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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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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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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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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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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