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.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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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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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
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