The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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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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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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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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It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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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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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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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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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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