We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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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We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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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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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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