All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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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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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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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 easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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