Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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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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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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