There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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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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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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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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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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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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We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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