(49 quotes found)
“We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves”
François de la Rochefoucauld
“The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind”
“Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue.”
“A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.”
“Perfect valor is to behave, without witnesses, as one would act were all the world watching.”
“The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example”
“Our virtues are most frequently but vices in disguise.”
“Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.”
“We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.”
“People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.”