Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.

Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.

If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure...

If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure...

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if...

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if...

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a...

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a...

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

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

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

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

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...

The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.

The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.

We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.

We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see...

We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see...

Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either...

Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either...

When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.

When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so...

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so...

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.

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets...

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets...

It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of...

It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of...

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper,...

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper,...

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable,...

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable,...