Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIf we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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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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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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