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.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDInnocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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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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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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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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Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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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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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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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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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don’t know where I would be without it.
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