The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDPride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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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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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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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 seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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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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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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