Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDPerfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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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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