Good advice is something a man gives …
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a…
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of …
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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He who lives without folly isn’t so …
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays …
Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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If we had no faults of our …
If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure…
It is as common for tastes to …
It is as common for tastes to change as it is uncommon for traits of…
It is often merely for an excuse …
It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns …
Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as…
Many people despise wealth, but few know …
Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away.
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No persons are more frequently wrong, than …
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.…
Nothing is less sincere than our mode …
Nothing is less sincere than our mode of asking and giving advice. He who asks…
One cannot answer for his courage when …
One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.
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