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.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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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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