What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one

Quote by FranÃ§ois De La Rochefoucauld

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Youth is a continual intoxication; it is the fever of reason

Youth is a continual intoxication; it is the fever of reason

If vanity does not overthrow all our virtues, at least she makes them totter

If vanity does not overthrow all our virtues, at least she makes them totter

If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure...

If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure...

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do...

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do...

Flattery is false coin that is only current thanks to our vanity.

Flattery is false coin that is only current thanks to our vanity.

The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits

The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and...

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and...

A man who is always satisfied with himself is seldom so with others, and others...

A man who is always satisfied with himself is seldom so with others, and others...

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome...

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome...

We are always much better pleased to see those whom we have obliged, than those...

We are always much better pleased to see those whom we have obliged, than those...

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

We speak little if not egged on by vanity

We speak little if not egged on by vanity

He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who...

He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who...

A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus...

A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus...

The man who is ungrateful is often less to blame than his benefactor.

The man who is ungrateful is often less to blame than his benefactor.

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

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

The hunger for applause is the source for all conscious literature and heroism

The hunger for applause is the source for all conscious literature and heroism

Grace is to the body, what good manners are to the mind

Grace is to the body, what good manners are to the mind

Grace be with you all. Amen.

Grace be with you all. Amen.

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind