The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.
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Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already possess it.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate it where it does not.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Love of justice in the generality of men is only the fear of suffering from injustice.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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