There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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 is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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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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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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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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