If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDNothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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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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I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don’t know where I would be without it.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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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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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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