Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue

Quote by FranÃ§ois De La Rochefoucauld

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

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

We wish to attract praise to ourselves even as we seem to be praising others

We wish to attract praise to ourselves even as we seem to be praising others

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

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

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a...

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a...

A shrewd man has to arrange his interests in order of importance and deal with...

A shrewd man has to arrange his interests in order of importance and deal with...

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...

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it...

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it...

A man is perhaps ungrateful, but often less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor is.

A man is perhaps ungrateful, but often less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor is.

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

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,...

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it...

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it...

The man who is ungrateful is often less to blame than his benefactor.

The man who is ungrateful is often less to blame than his benefactor.

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 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

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are...

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are...

We speak little if not egged on by vanity

We speak little if not egged on by vanity

There are heroes in evil as well as in good

There are heroes in evil as well as in good

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

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

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety