The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe heart is forever making the head its fool.
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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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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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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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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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Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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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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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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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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