There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDPerfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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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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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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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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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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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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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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