What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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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 passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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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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We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can’t quite name.
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There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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