What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDMost of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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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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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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