Nature makes merit, and fortune puts it to work

Quote by Francois La Rochefoucauld

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Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one which arouses the least pity...

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one which arouses the least pity...

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate...

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate...

Confidence in nonsense is a requirement of the creative process

Confidence in nonsense is a requirement of the creative process

Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as...

Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as...

Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to...

Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to...

We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good,...

We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good,...

Fortune and humor govern the world.

Fortune and humor govern the world.

Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment...

Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment...

The pleasure of love is in the loving; and there is more joy in the...

The pleasure of love is in the loving; and there is more joy in the...

The pleasure of love is in loving.

The pleasure of love is in loving.

We often pass from love to ambition, but we hardly ever return from ambition to...

We often pass from love to ambition, but we hardly ever return from ambition to...

Old men are fond of giving advice to console themselves for being no longer in...

Old men are fond of giving advice to console themselves for being no longer in...

The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to...

The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to...

We may give advice, but we can't inspire conduct

We may give advice, but we can't inspire conduct

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.

Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.

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.

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they...

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they...

Never say, 'oops.' Always say, 'Ah, interesting.'

Never say, 'oops.' Always say, 'Ah, interesting.'

As time passes we all get better at blazing a trail through the thicket of...

As time passes we all get better at blazing a trail through the thicket of...