Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhen a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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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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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.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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