We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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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In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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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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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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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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Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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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.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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