Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.

The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.

What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.

What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.

Usually we praise only to be praised.

Usually we praise only to be praised.

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,...

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred...

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred...

How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to...

How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to...

The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all...

The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all...

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second...

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second...

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.

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.

Jealously is always born with love but it does not die with it.

Jealously is always born with love but it does not die with it.

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.

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.

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...

Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues...

Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues...

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...

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...

He is a fine friend. He stabs you in the front.

He is a fine friend. He stabs you in the front.

My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it...

My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it...

He would say, 'How funny it will all seem, all you've gone through, when I'm...

He would say, 'How funny it will all seem, all you've gone through, when I'm...