He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere 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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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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