We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of...

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of...

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to...

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to...

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.

Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.

Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.

There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.

Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make...

Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make...

Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.

Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.

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...

We pardon to the extent that we love.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.

We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them...

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them...

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

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.

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...