Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDInnocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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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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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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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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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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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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