Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness...

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness...

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.

No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.

No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of...

There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of...

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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is...

A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is...

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.

There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.

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

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

A man's worth has its season, like fruit.

A man's worth has its season, like fruit.

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.

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,...

The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a...

The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a...

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.

We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.

We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.