We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe pardon to the extent that we love.
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Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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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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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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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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There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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