Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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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.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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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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