Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDNot all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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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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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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