Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThere are people who in spite of their merit disgust us and others who please us in spite of their faults.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld