We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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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 should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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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 are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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