Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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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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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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