There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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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...

Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting....

Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting....

Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune...

Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune...

The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in...

The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in...

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 get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally...

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally...

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

It's easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

It's easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that...

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that...

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to...

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to...

However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think...

However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think...

Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present...

Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present...

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

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.

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 so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive...

We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive...

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.

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...

A true friend sees the good in everything, and brings out the best in the...

A true friend sees the good in everything, and brings out the best in the...

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not...

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not...