We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDPerfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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