Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIf we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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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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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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