Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans...

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans...

We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see...

We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see...

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

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

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 may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love...

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love...

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...

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it...

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it...

In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes...

In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes...

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

There is more self-love than love in jealousy

There is more self-love than love in jealousy

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.

Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.

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...

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.

The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of...

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of...

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity...

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity...

We pardon to the extent that we love.

We pardon to the extent that we love.