We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us...

Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us...

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...

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating...

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating...

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...

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,...

True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.

True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of...

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of...

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.

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...

There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate...

There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate...

Only the contemptible fear contempt.

Only the contemptible fear contempt.

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love...

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love...

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...

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

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

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

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.

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred...

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred...

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

A friend is someone who, upon seeing another friend in immense pain, Would rather be...

A friend is someone who, upon seeing another friend in immense pain, Would rather be...