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.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDNothing 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 mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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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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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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