I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it.

Quote by FranÃ§ois De La Rochefoucauld

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It is more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them

It is more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them

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 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.

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and...

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and...

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do...

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do...

We speak little if not egged on by vanity

We speak little if not egged on by vanity

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.

True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing...

True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing...

To praise princes for virtues they are lacking in is a way of insulting them...

To praise princes for virtues they are lacking in is a way of insulting them...

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

Though men pride themselves on their great actions, often they are not the results of...

Though men pride themselves on their great actions, often they are not the results of...

Our virtues are most often but our vices disguised

Our virtues are most often but our vices disguised

In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that is not exactly...

In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that is not exactly...

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

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...

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome...

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome...

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.

And when a wave like mountains covers them they call upon Allah, being sincere to...

And when a wave like mountains covers them they call upon Allah, being sincere to...

And when distress afflicts you in the sea, away go those whom you call on...

And when distress afflicts you in the sea, away go those whom you call on...