Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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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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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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