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

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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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...

Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.

Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.

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.

No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his...

No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

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...

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a...

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a...

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

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

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

There is more self-love than love in jealousy

There is more self-love than love in jealousy

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

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...

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.