Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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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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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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