We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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

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

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the...

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the...

The heart is forever making the head its fool.

The heart is forever making the head its fool.

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests,...

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests,...

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...

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

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

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...

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests,...

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests,...

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...

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...

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

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

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

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking...

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking...

Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.

Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.

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.

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.