A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhat seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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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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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don’t know where I would be without it.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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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 and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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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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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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