Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDEveryone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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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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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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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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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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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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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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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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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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