Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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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...

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.

The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests,...

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests,...

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of...

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of...

Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can; and when once...

Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can; and when once...

They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.

They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.

Usually we praise only to be praised.

Usually we praise only to be praised.

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.

We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become...

We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become...

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...

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish...

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish...

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to...

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to...

No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his...

No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his...

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.

We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see...

We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see...

Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.

Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them

I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are...

I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are...

Never get out of bed before noon

Never get out of bed before noon