In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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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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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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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 defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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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 say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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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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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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