It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and...

Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and...

Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.

Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.

However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think...

However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think...

The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they...

The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they...

Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these...

Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these...

The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a...

The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a...

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.

People always complain about their memories, never about their minds.

People always complain about their memories, never about their minds.

If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.

If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.

When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.

When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it...

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it...

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

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...

True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.

True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.

Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of...

Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of...

Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.

Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.

It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he...

It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he...

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

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.