Only the contemptible fear contempt.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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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...

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.

Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either...

Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either...

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

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

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.

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and...

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and...

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so...

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so...

That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least...

That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least...

In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.

In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.

Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate...

Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate...

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...

In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than...

In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than...

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to...

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to...

There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate...

There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate...

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing...

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing...

A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more...

A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more...

We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find...

We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find...

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish...

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish...

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with...

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with...