It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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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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What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
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Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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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.
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When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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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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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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