We pardon to the extent that we love.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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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 are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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Our 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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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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