The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDNothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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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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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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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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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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There 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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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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