There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhat 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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Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don’t know where I would be without it.
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It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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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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Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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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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We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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