We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.

Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.

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.

If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.

If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about...

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about...

We pardon to the extent that we love.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

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...

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...

We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.

We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that...

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that...

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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.

When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.

When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.

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.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.