Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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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,...

Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us...

Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us...

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having...

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having...

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

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

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

Usually we praise only to be praised.

Usually we praise only to be praised.

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.

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to...

We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to...

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking...

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking...

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil...

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil...

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...

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...

A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.

A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

The heart is forever making the head its fool.

The heart is forever making the head its fool.

Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make...

Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make...