Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe heart is forever making the head its fool.
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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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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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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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Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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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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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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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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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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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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