The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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