What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDNot all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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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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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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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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