That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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Passion often renders the most clever man a fool, and even sometimes renders the most foolish man clever.
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A man may be ungrateful but is less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor.
It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self.
ability self
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
self
Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.
The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.
vices virtues self
The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.
In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.
We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.
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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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