Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIt is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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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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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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