Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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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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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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