Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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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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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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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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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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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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In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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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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