Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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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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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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