Usually we praise only to be praised.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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