John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| François, duc de La Rochefoucauld. (1613–1680) (continued) |
| 9518 |
| True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen. |
| Maxim 76. |
| 9519 |
| The love of justice is simply, in the majority of men, the fear of suffering injustice. |
| Maxim 78. |
| 9520 |
| Silence is the best resolve for him who distrusts himself. |
| Maxim 79. |
| 9521 |
| Friendship is only a reciprocal conciliation of interests, and an exchange of good offices; it is a species of commerce out of which self-love always expects to gain something. |
| Maxim 83. |
| 9522 |
| A man who is ungrateful is often less to blame than his benefactor. |
| Maxim 96. |
| 9523 |
| The understanding is always the dupe of the heart. |
| Maxim 102. |
| 9524 |
| Nothing is given so profusely as advice. |
| Maxim 110. |
| 9525 |
| The true way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others. |
| Maxim 127. |
| 9526 |
| Usually we praise only to be praised. |
| Maxim 146. |
| 9527 |
| Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence. |
| Maxim 180. |
| 9528 |
| Most people judge men only by success or by fortune. |
| Maxim 212. |
| 9529 |
| Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue. |
| Maxim 218. |
| 9530 |
| Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude. |
| Maxim 226. |
| 9531 |
| There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one’s ability. |
| Maxim 245. |
| 9532 |
| The pleasure of love is in loving. We are happier in the passion we feel than in that we inspire. 1 |
| Maxim 259. |
| Note 1. See Shelley, Quotation 15. [back] |