We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDConfidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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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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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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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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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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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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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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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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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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