We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.

The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.

True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.

True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient...

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient...

People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves...

People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves...

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity...

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity...

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a...

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a...

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.

We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so...

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so...

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

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

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the...

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the...

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness...

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness...

There is more self-love than love in jealousy

There is more self-love than love in jealousy

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil...

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil...

Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and...

Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and...

There are heroes in evil as well as in good.

There are heroes in evil as well as in good.

There are few people who are not ashamed of their love affairs when the infatuation...

There are few people who are not ashamed of their love affairs when the infatuation...

Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory...

Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory...

Vini, Vici, Vidi (I came, I saw, I conquered). - Julius Caesar

Vini, Vici, Vidi (I came, I saw, I conquered). - Julius Caesar

A life without love is like a year without summer.

A life without love is like a year without summer.