Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDOur actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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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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We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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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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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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