There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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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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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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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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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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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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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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