Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient...

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient...

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking...

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking...

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

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...

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors

We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.

A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans...

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans...

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

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...

As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words,...

As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words,...

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

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...

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that...

What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that...

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...

Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that...

Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that...

We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes.

We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes.

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody...

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody...

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

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