Hardly any man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
Quotes from Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims — François de La Rochefoucauld
1613–1680 France
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We need greater virtues to sustain good than evil fortune.
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What grace is to the body, good sense is to the mind.
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Fortune turns all things to the advantage of those on whom she smiles.
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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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It is not a pain to give to ingrates, but it is an intolerable one to be obliged to a dishonest man.
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In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that is not exactly displeasing.
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If we judge love by the majority of its results, it resembles hatred more than friendship.
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Some people's faults are becoming to them; others are disgraced by their own good traits.
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Luck must be dealt with like health: enjoy it when it is good, be patient when it is bad.
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There are few people who are more often wrong than those who cannot suffer being wrong.
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A man may be ungrateful but is less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor.
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It is impossible to fall back in love with what one has stopped being in love with.
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