"We exaggerate the glory of some men..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“It often happens that things come into the mind in a more finished form than could have been achieved after much study.”

“Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.”

“In the intercourse of life, we please more by our faults than by our good qualities.”

“Remember, the grass is always greener where you don't happen to be the neighbor.”

“Envy is a horrible thing. It is unlike all other kinds of suffering in that there is no disguising it, no elevating it into tragedy. It is more than merely painful, it is disgusting.”

“No metal can--no, not the hangman's axe--bear half the keenness of thy sharp envy.”

“How does it feel to be the 's third choice? Humiliating? You could have thrown a dart. That's how close they were. We had so many excellent candidates.”

“Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.”

“Certain rich men, whose lives are evil and corrupt, are the representatives of predatory wealth accumulated by all forms of inequity, from the oppression of wage workers to unfair methods of crushing out competition.”