Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the...

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the...

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

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

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...

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.

In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost...

In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost...

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of...

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

There is more self-love than love in jealousy

There is more self-love than love in jealousy

Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.

Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.

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.

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the...

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the...

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...

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.

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...