The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe pardon to the extent that we love.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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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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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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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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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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