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.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDSome counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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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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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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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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