We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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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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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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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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Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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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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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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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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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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