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

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second...

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second...

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember...

Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember...

Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.

Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.

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...

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,...

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...

There are heroes in evil as well as in good.

There are heroes in evil as well as in good.

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...

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...

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as...

The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as...

People always complain about their memories, never about their minds.

People always complain about their memories, never about their minds.

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,...

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more...

A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more...

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.

The intellect is always fooled by the heart.

The intellect is always fooled by the heart.