We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.
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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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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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