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We get so much in the habit o...

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1365 quotes

If we did not flatter ourselv...

If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1365 quotes

The force we use on ourselves...

The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1365 quotes

If there be a love pure and f...

If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions, it is that which lies hidden in the bottom of our heart, and which we know not ourselves.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1365 quotes

The name and pretense of virt...

The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1365 quotes

As it is the characteristic o...

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1365 quotes

It takes nearly as much abili...

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1365 quotes

Our aversion to lying is comm...

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1365 quotes

That good disposition which b...

That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1365 quotes

We may seem great in an emplo...

We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1365 quotes

We always get bored with thos...

We always get bored with those whom we bore.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1365 quotes

Pride, which inspires us with...

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

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The accent of a man's native ...

The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.

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When our vices leave us, we l...

When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.

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Our actions seem to have thei...

Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1365 quotes

We do not despise all those w...

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.

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We are very far from always k...

We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1365 quotes

Whatever good things people s...

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1365 quotes

We only acknowledge small fau...

We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1365 quotes

In the human heart new passio...

In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1365 quotes

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