Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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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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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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