Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDA refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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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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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
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