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 ROCHEFOUCAULDThere is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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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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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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