Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhen a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
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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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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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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 sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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