People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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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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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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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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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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