We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDHypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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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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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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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 often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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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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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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