The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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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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We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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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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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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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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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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