Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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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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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
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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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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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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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We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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