One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDHope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don’t know where I would be without it.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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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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When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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