It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDOne is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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