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

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel...

The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel...

The intellect is always fooled by the heart.

The intellect is always fooled by the heart.

Usually we praise only to be praised.

Usually we praise only to be praised.

The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they...

The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they...

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

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

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...

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

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...

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,...

Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition...

Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition...

He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason by...

He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason by...

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

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

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 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...

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...

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing...

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing...

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.

Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.

Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.

The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all...

The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all...