Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.

We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

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,...

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 are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than...

We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than...

We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than...

We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than...

Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.

Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.

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...

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of...

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of...

If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.

If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.

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

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

What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity...

What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity...

We always get bored with those whom we bore.

We always get bored with those whom we bore.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

A man's worth has its season, like fruit.

A man's worth has its season, like fruit.

Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones...

Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones...

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...

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...

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

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...