Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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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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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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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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