We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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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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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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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 intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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