Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes.

We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes.

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

The intellect is always fooled by the heart.

The intellect is always fooled by the heart.

There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate...

There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate...

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking...

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking...

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us...

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us...

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.

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

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

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally...

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally...

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to...

There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to...

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the...

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the...

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but...

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but...

Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind...

Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind...

Friends LOVE misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too luck or too successful...

Friends LOVE misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too luck or too successful...

The means to gain happiness is to throw out from oneself like a spider in...

The means to gain happiness is to throw out from oneself like a spider in...