There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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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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Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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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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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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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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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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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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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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