There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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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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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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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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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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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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Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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