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.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDPerfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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