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"It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever."
Quote by -François de La Rochefoucauld
"It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend."
Quote by -François de La Rochefoucauld
"It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them."
Quote by -François de La Rochefoucauld
"It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not."
Quote by -François de La Rochefoucauld
"Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too."
Quote by -François de La Rochefoucauld
"Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side."
Quote by -François de La Rochefoucauld
"Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences."
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"Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted."
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"Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of."
Quote by -François de La Rochefoucauld
"Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them."
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"Some men are like ballads, that are in everyone's mouth a little while."
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"Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing."
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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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"Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone."
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"Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself."
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"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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"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."
Quote by -François de La Rochefoucauld
"The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age."
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"The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity."
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"The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second."
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"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."
Quote by -François de La Rochefoucauld
"The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them."
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"The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired."
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"The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken."
Quote by -François de La Rochefoucauld
"The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune."
Quote by -François de La Rochefoucauld
"The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices."
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"The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve."
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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 surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others."
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"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."
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"There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do."
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"There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means."
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"There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men."
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"They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones."
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"Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them."
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"Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance."
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"Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected."
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"Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude."
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"We always love those that admire us, but we do not always love those we admire."
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