The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDA refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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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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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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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.
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