It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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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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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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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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I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don’t know where I would be without it.
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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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We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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