One forgives to the degree that one loves.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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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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Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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