It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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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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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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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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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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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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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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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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