If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDInnocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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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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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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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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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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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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