Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Gratitude is merely the 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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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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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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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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