Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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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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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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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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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
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