Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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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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The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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