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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can’t quite name.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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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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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Dishonor Man More Ridicule
Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing

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