Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to...

There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to...

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love...

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love...

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

We are never either so fortunate or so misfortunate as we imagine.

We are never either so fortunate or so misfortunate as we imagine.

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...

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

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

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.

There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to...

There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

There are heroes in evil as well as in good.

There are heroes in evil as well as in good.

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.

We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free...

We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free...