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 ROCHEFOUCAULDIn the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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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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Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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