The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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 reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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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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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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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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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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