French author (1613-1680)
Flattery is a sort of bad money to which our vanity gives currency.
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Moral Maxims
A man often imagines that he acts, when he is acted upon.
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Moral Maxims
To be a great man it is necessary to turn to account all opportunities.
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
attributed, Day's Collacon
There are few women whose charm survives their beauty.
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Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
A resolution never to deceive exposes a man to be often deceived.
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Moral Maxims
Weakness is the only fault which cannot be cured.
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Maxims
Men may boast of their great actions; but they are more often the effects of chance than of design.
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Moral Maxims
It is our own vanity that makes the vanity of others intolerable to us.
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Maxims
If a man doesn't find ease in himself, 'tis in vain to seek it elsewhere.
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The desire of appearing persons of ability often prevents our being so.
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Self-love is the greatest of flatterers.
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Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
We had better appear what we are, than affect to appear what we are not.
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The character of a man's native country is as strongly impressed on his mind as its accent is on his tongue.
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Hope and fear are inseparable.
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Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
The head is always the bubble of the heart.
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Moral Maxims
We can't bear to be deceived by our enemies, and betrayed by our friends; yet are often content to be so served by ourselves.
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Before we passionately desire a thing, we should examine the happiness of its possessor.
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An extraordinary haste to discharge an obligation is a sort of ingratitude.
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The surest way to be deceived is to think oneself more clever than others.
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Maxims
The surest way to be cheated is to fancy ourselves more cunning than others.
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Moral Maxims