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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.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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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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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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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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Only Some Surprise Thing
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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Fool Forever Head Heart Make

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