How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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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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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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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 sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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