Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet...

How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet...

We always get bored with those whom we bore.

We always get bored with those whom we bore.

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors

We pardon to the extent that we love.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel...

The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel...

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

Taste may change, but inclination never.

Taste may change, but inclination never.

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

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...

Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.

Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.

If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.

If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to...

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to...

People always complain about their memories, never about their minds.

People always complain about their memories, never about their minds.

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look...

We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look...

Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.

Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.

The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.

The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.

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...

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

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

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.