Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDVirtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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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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What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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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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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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