We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThough 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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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of 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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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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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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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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