Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck that of the people.
La Rochefoucauld, Fran?ois
ability luck people men true
There is great ability in knowing how to conveal one's ability.
ability knowing great
Absence cools moderate passions, and inflames violent ones; just as the wind blows out candles, but kindles fires.
candles absence wind passions
Age is a tyrant, who forbids, at the penalty of life, all the pleasures of youth.
life age youth
Avarice is more directly opposed to thrift than generosity is.
generosity avarice
The passions do very often give birth to others of a nature most contrary to their own. Thus avarice sometimes brings forth prodigality, and prodigality avarice; a man?s resolution is very often the effect of levity, and his boldness that of cowardice and fear.
birth man nature fear resolution cowardice boldness passions effect avarice give
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
forgive bore
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
courage perfect
Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.
cunning treachery
Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
happiness envy
It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
friendship friends distrust
Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.
wishes people humility humble
There is only one sort of love, but there are a thousand copies.
love
True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.
true ghosts love
Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
unhappy love
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