We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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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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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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