Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIt is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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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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What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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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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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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