Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can’t quite name.
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We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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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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Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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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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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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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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