A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhen we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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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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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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