Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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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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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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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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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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