Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDPerfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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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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The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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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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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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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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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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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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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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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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