How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDOur actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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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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Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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