Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIn the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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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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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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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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We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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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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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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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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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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