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13535 quotesSelf-love is the greatest of all flatterers.
Flattery
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
Confidence
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.
Places
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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The common foible of women who have been handsome is to forget that they are no longer so.
Women
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.
self-esteem
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
Cleverness
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used to acquire it.
Fame
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
Temper
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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The happiness or unhappiness of men depends as much on their humors as on fortune.
Humor
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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The height of cleverness is being able to conceal it.
Modesty
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
Psychology
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
Mind
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.
Lovers
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
Advice
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals.
Imitation
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
Surprises
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
Passion
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
Envy
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.
Deception
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
Interest
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
Crime and Criminals
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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There are few good women who do not tire of their role.
Goodness
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.
Wrong
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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There are few people who are not ashamed of their love affairs when the infatuation is over.
Love Ended
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
Chastity
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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