Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDRepentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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