Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDFew people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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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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We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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