To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhen a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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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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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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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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