Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDA wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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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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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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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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