Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIf we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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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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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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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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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can’t quite name.
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Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.
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What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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