If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIt is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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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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Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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