If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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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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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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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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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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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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If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
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