Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhen a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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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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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don’t know where I would be without it.
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