Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDEveryone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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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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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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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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