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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.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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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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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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Cleavernes Deserve Point Principal
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.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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Fool Forever Head Heart Make
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Easier Other Ourselves Wise
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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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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