Taste may change, but inclination never.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe heart is forever making the head its fool.
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Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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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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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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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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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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