There 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.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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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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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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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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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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