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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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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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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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Company Fool Greatly Loss Man Witty
We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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