Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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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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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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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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