We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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

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

You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to...

You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to...

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

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...

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...

How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet...

How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet...

There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to...

There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to...

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

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

The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in...

The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in...

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

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

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

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

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

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

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...

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of...

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of...

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

Jealously is always born with love but it does not die with it.

Jealously is always born with love but it does not die with it.

We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to...

We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to...