As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.

Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.

Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.

Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.

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.

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.

The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel...

The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel...

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody...

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody...

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...

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans...

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans...

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

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

How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to...

How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to...

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of...

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of...

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

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

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

A man's worth has its season, like fruit.

A man's worth has its season, like fruit.

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

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

In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes...

In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes...