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.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDNothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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