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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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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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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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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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