A shrewd man has to arrange his interests in order of importance and deal with them one by one; but often our greed upsets this order and makes us run after so many things at once that through over-anxiety to…

Quote by FranÃ§ois De La Rochefoucauld

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I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if...

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if...

Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.

Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.

Flattery is false coin that is only current thanks to our vanity.

Flattery is false coin that is only current thanks to our vanity.

The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits

The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits

There is only one kind of love, but there are one thousand imitations

There is only one kind of love, but there are one thousand imitations

There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot...

There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot...

A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus...

A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus...

However much we may distrust men's sincerity, we always believe they speak to us more...

However much we may distrust men's sincerity, we always believe they speak to us more...

Certainly we're not satisfied with just winning games. We've been playing some pretty good hockey,...

Certainly we're not satisfied with just winning games. We've been playing some pretty good hockey,...

Our virtues are most often but our vices disguised

Our virtues are most often but our vices disguised

We speak little if not egged on by vanity

We speak little if not egged on by vanity

What makes the vanity of others insupportable is that it wounds our own

What makes the vanity of others insupportable is that it wounds our own

Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue

Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue

Grace is to the body, what good manners are to the mind

Grace is to the body, what good manners are to the mind

Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as...

Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as...

The hunger for applause is the source for all conscious literature and heroism

The hunger for applause is the source for all conscious literature and heroism

I cannot tell what the dickens his name is

I cannot tell what the dickens his name is

Good literature substitutes for an experience which we have not oursleves lived through.

Good literature substitutes for an experience which we have not oursleves lived through.

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went...

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went...