The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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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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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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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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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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