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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can’t quite name.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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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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We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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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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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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