There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIt is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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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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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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