Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDPerfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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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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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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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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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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