We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDTo know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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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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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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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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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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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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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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