Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and...

Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and...

In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.

In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.

Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.

Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.

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...

It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives...

It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives...

If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions,...

If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions,...

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.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

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

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

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of...

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of...

The intellect is always fooled by the heart.

The intellect is always fooled by the heart.

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.

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if...

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if...

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present...

Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present...

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

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

Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.

Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.

I know he's a player, but I want to be the girl that he hangs...

I know he's a player, but I want to be the girl that he hangs...