We learn as much by others' failings as by their teachings. Examples of imperfection is just as useful for achieving perfection as… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Achieve Copy Share Image
It is a strength of character to acknowledge our failings and our strong points, and it is a weakness of character not… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Acknowledge Copy Share Image
Self-love makes us deceive ourselves in almost all matters, to censure others, and to blame them for the same faults that we… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Blame Copy Share Image
True merit does not depend on the times or on fashion. Those who have no other advantage than courtly manners lose it… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Advantage Copy Share Image
Self-love is even deceived by self-love, because by looking out for our own interests and disregarding those of other people, we lose… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Advantage Copy Share Image
We often value the exterior and superficial aspect of things more than their inner reality. Bad manners taint everything even justice and… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Appearance Copy Share Image
There is a certain imperiousness, in the manner of speaking and in actions, which makes itself felt everywhere, and soon wins attention… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Action Copy Share Image
There is always enough self-love hidden beneath the greatest devoutness to set limits on charity. — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Charity Copy Share Image
Everyone is so caught up in his own passions and interests that he always wants to talk about them without getting involved… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Caught Copy Share Image
All the great amusements are dangerous for the Christian life. — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Amusement Copy Share Image
The conversation of those who like to lord it over us is very disagreeable. But we should always be ready to graciously… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Acknowledge Copy Share Image
Pettiness of mind, ignorance and presumption are the cause of stubbornness, because stubborn people only want to believe what they themselves can… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Belief Copy Share Image
It is an admirable skill to able to sweeten a refusal with civil words which atone for the favor which we are… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Able Copy Share Image
There are many people who are so inclined to say "no" that the "no" always precedes whatever we say to them. This… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Agree Copy Share Image
Virtue is not always where it seems to be. People sometimes acknowledge favors only to maintain their reputations, and to make themselves… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Acknowledge Copy Share Image
It is sometimes useful to pretend we are deceived, because when we show a deceiving man that we see through his artifices,… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Anarchy Copy Share Image
When High and Mighty people want to make us believe that they possess some good quality which they in fact do not… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Belief Copy Share Image
Those who foolishly pride themselves on their nobility mistake that which makes them noble, for it is only the virtue of their… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Ancestor Copy Share Image
Self-love is almost always the ruling principle of our friendships. It makes us avoid all our obligations in unprofitable situations, and even… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Achieve Copy Share Image
Good fortune almost always makes some change in a man's behavior - in his manner of speaking and acting. It is a… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Acting Copy Share Image
The maxims of Christian life, which should draw upon the truths of the Gospel, are always partially symbolic of the mind and… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Christian Copy Share Image
There is a certain manner of self-absorption in speaking that always renders the speaker disagreeable. For it is as great a folly… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Absorption Copy Share Image
The ties of virtue ought to be closer than the ties of blood, since the good man is closer to another good… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Blood Copy Share Image
Although we should not love our friends for the good that they do us, it is a sign that they do not… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Friendship Copy Share Image
It is a singular characteristic of love that we cannot hide it where it exists, or pretend it where it does not… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Characteristics Copy Share Image
