Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them...

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them...

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

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

True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.

True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these...

Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these...

Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition...

Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition...

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

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

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

Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of...

Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of...

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all...

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all...

You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to...

You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to...

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.

There are few people who are not ashamed of their love affairs when the infatuation...

There are few people who are not ashamed of their love affairs when the infatuation...

In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to...

In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to...

The heart is forever making the head its fool.

The heart is forever making the head its fool.

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...

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it...

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it...