Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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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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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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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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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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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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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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