It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about...

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about...

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness...

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness...

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

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...

We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.

We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that...

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that...

Usually we praise only to be praised.

Usually we praise only to be praised.

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that...

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that...

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all...

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all...

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

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...

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.

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.

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to...

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to...

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

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...

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.

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love...

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love...