The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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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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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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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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Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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