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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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Find People Seldom Serve Them Ungrateful
Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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All Heart Mond Not Those Well
We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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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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Appear Disguise Disguised Finally Habit Much Ourselves
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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