Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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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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The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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