Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

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...

Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.

Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.

Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate...

Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate...

The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.

The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

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...

Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.

Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second...

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second...

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...

We always get bored with those whom we bore.

We always get bored with those whom we bore.

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing...

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing...

Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.

Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of...

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of...

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure...

If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure...

We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free...

We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free...

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable,...

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable,...

The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or...

The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or...