Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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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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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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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