The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDDecency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives 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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We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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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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We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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