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Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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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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Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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Called Generously Give Only Thing Usually Vanity
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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