A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

The intellect is always fooled by the heart.

The intellect is always fooled by the heart.

Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones...

Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones...

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.

In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.

We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive...

We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive...

We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.

We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.

Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.

Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.

Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues...

Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues...

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to...

You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to...

Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present...

Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present...

In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than...

In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than...

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it...

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it...

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

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

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love...

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love...

There are heroes in evil as well as in good.

There are heroes in evil as well as in good.

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having...

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having...

It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of...

It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of...

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

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