One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDGood advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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