When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIt is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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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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