Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIn love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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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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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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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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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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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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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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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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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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