We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDHowever rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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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 accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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