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It is more often from pride than from ignorance that we are so obstinately opposed to current opinions; we find the first places taken, and we do not want to be the last (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
We often pay our debts not because it is only fair that we should, but to make future loans easier (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
No matter how much care we put into hiding our passions under the appearances of devotion and honor, they can always be seen to peer out through these covers (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
We often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have, thus when weak we boast of our obstinacy (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
To praise princes for virtues they do not possess is to insult them without fear of consequences (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
There are fine things that are more brilliant when they are unfinished than when finished too much (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
Gratitude is like credit; it is the backbone of our relations; frequently we pay our debts not because equity demands that we should, but to facilitate future loans (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
Happy people rarely correct their faults; they consider themselves vindicated, since fortune endorses their evil ways (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
It is no tragedy to do ungrateful people favors, but it is unbearable to be indebted to a scoundrel (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
We often pride ourselves on even the most criminal passions, but envy is a timid and shamefaced passion we never dare to acknowledge (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
However much we may distrust men’s sincerity, we always believe they speak to us more sincerely than to others (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
In every walk of life each man puts on a personality and outward appearance so as to look what he wants to be thought; in fact you might say that society is entirely made up of assumed personalities (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
The sicknesses of the soul have their ups and downs like those of the body; what we take to be a cure is most often merely a respite or change of disease (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
Spiritual health is no more stable than bodily; and though we may seem unaffected by the passions we are just as liable to be carried away by them as to fall ill when in good health (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
As the great ones of this world are unable to bestow health of body or peace of mind, we always pay too high a price for any good they can do (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
How can we be answerable for what we shall want in the future, since we have no clear idea of what we want now? (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
Luxury and excessive refinement are sure forerunners of the decadence of states, because when all individuals seek their own interests they neglect the public weal (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
All our qualities, whether good or bad, are unstable and ambiguous, and almost all are at the mery of chance (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
Moderation is like sobriety: you would like to have some more, but are afraid of making yourself ill (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
What makes us so often discontented with those who transact business for us is that they almost always abandon the interest of their friends for the interest of the business, because they wish to have the honor of succeeding in that which they have undertaken (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)
Some allow themselves to be overcome by panic, and others charge because they dare not remain at their posts. Some may be found whose courage is strengthened by small perils that prepare them to face greater dangers. Some are daring when facing swords but dread facing bullets; others dread bullets little but fear facing swords a lot (Francois De La Rochefoucau Quotes)