The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIn friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don’t know where I would be without it.
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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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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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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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