It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhen we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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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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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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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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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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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 are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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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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