We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDTaste may change, but inclination never.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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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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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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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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Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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