What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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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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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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