There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDPerfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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