He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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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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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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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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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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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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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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