We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIt is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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