Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDOne can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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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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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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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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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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